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OTTAWA \u2014 Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says he\u2019s \u201chopeful\u201d that the government will start announcing major infrastructure project approvals in the fall.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Hodgson says the federal government has been busy consulting with stakeholders over the summer and has been quietly getting a new major projects office set up to deal with companies hoping to build large-scale projects.<\/p>\n
Parliament\u2019s fall sitting is scheduled to run from Sept. 15 to Dec. 12 \u2014 but Hodgson says Prime Minster Mark Carney \u201cdoesn\u2019t like sitting around\u201d and that the government intends to move quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He says the federal government \u201cwould prefer sooner rather than later\u201d and insists that \u201cit will be in the fall\u201d that announcements will start happening.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been seven weeks since the Liberal government rushed Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act, through Parliament in June, which lets Ottawa quickly approve major projects it considers to be in the national interest.<\/p>\n
Carney has said the office that will deal with these large-scale industrial projects should be stood up and fully running by Labour Day, though the government has so far made few details about this new office public.<\/p>\n
\u00a92025 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n