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Will a pipeline be considered as one of the projects Prime Minister wants fast-tracked? ‘It depends,’ says Carney.
Will a pipeline be considered as one of the projects Prime Minister wants fast-tracked? ‘It depends,’ says Carney.
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Mark Carney got what he wanted.
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Yes, the prime minister really got he wanted.
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He got the support of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. He got the support of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.
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He pushed his cherished Bill C-5 through the House of Commons just before the politicians went home for the summer.
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Carney and his inner circle now have the power to fast-track hand-picked nation-building projects.
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Question for premier
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But a big question remains.
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Did Alberta Premier Danielle Smith get what she wanted?
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Did Alberta get what it wanted?
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Unlike Carney, both Smith and Alberta will have to wait for the big win, if there is one.
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Carney is asked the big question after his big win.
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Will the first projects to be fast-tracked be in the energy field? Will those projects be considered initially?
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The reporter mentions Premier Smith and pipelines. Smith wants a bitumen pipeline to the B.C. port of Prince Rupert.
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Smith backed Carney on Bill C-5.
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“Well, that’s a very good question,” says Carney.
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You know when someone says it’s a very good question you might not get a very good answer.
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“It depends. To be perfectly honest that’s the only answer,” continues the prime minister.
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Carney says there are transmission line projects and there are a number of possible pipeline projects, gas pipelines or oil pipelines.
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But ….
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“At the same time there are major projects that are very attractive. For example, a project in Quebec that’s very attractive,” he says, in French.
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Sinking feeling
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Carney mentions a potential energy corridor at Grays Point in Nunavut. There is a potential project in Manitoba and Saskatchewan as far as Churchill.
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“Those are projects that could lead to the development of other projects involving critical minerals.”
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If you’re experiencing a sinking feeling it’s not the pizza you ate last night.
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Carney says there are other projects not on the list put forward by the provinces “in terms of AI infrastructure.”
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The prime minister talks about what a project has to have in order to be picked for the express lane of approval.
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“It has to be in the national interest,” says Carney.
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“There has to be some probability they can actually move forward.