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(Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is preparing to fast-track a set of northern infrastructure projects, marking the first time it invokes new powers to speed up the regulatory process.
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The move will test a new legal process that’s also likely to be used on a new oil pipeline proposal by the Alberta government, a project expected to be formally unveiled by July 1.
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On Wednesday, the Carney government said it’s launching a process to potentially list three proposals — including a northern port, highway and nuclear waste deposit site — as projects in the national interest, meaning they would be eligible for streamlined federal permits.
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“National interest listing of the project would provide confidence that key federal permits and authorizations for the project will be granted, shifting Canada’s regulatory focus from ‘whether’ the project should proceed to ‘how’ it will proceed,” a government news release said.
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The release cautioned that listing the projects will be contingent on successfully completing consultations with Indigenous groups and communities. Those consultations will happen over the coming weeks, with the listing decision itself planned for the fall.
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The projects that may be listed are:
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- The Mackenzie Valley Highway, an all-season road in the Northwest Territories that would reduce travel times by about 40% and connect military outposts in the region
- The Grays Bay Road and Port, a deepwater port and airstrip on the Arctic Ocean in Nunavut that would enable more critical minerals mining projects
- The Deep Geological Repository for nuclear waste storage, a project in northwest Ontario that would house the material deep underground
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