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Ottawa Moves to Fast‑Track Three Northern Projects as National Interests

Ottawa Moves to Fast‑Track Three Northern Projects as National Interests

CBC reports the federal government wants to designate three projects—a Northwest Territories highway, an Arctic deepwater port, and a nuclear waste storage facility in northwestern Ontario—as projects of national interest under the Building Canada Act. The designation would expedite approvals and oversight.

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Feds push to have 3 northern projects fast-tracked under Building Canada Act