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Prime Minister Mark Carney set up the Major Projects Office as the centrepiece of his strategy to ignite a national construction boom, giving the Calgary-based agency the clout to clear away regulatory roadblocks and help arrange tens of billions of dollars in funding for “nation-building” development. Nearly 12 months in, the MPO, led by veteran energy executive Dawn Farrell, is...
The Alberta government will propose a southern route for its new oil pipeline to the West Coast, relenting on its insistence that a conduit to the Pacific be routed to B.C.’s northern coast, three government and industry sources say. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said from the start of the planning that the new, one-million-barrel-a-day pipeline should run to a...
Alberta’s initial proposal for a new oil pipeline to the West Coast, which it is due to submit to Ottawa’s Major Projects Office this week, will not be backed by any private-sector proponents, two sources say. The province set itself a July 1 deadline to submit the proposal for fast-tracked federal consideration, against opposition from some British Columbia First Nations...
The federal government’s pipeline deal with Alberta includes a cancellation fee that critics say is too low to ensure the province holds up its end of the bargain once the new oil infrastructure to the West Coast is built. The implementation agreement, released on May 15, sets out the conditions under which a new pipeline will be constructed. It stems...
The federal government knew for several months of serious governance, conflict-of-interest and human-resources infractions at its main funding agency for green technology, but softened a report that detailed the evidence to keep senior leaders in place, the whistleblower who made the initial complaints testified on Monday. Israr Ahmad, a former employee at Sustainable Development Technology Canada who revealed himself as...
