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Canada 24 Jun 2026

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

The Liberal government wants a Northwest Territories highway, an Arctic deepwater port and a nuclear waste storage facility in northwestern Ontario to be listed as projects of national interest.

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The Liberal government wants a Northwest Territories highway, an Arctic deepwater port and a nuclear waste storage facility in northwestern Ontario to be listed as projects of national interest. Ministers in Yellowknife announced on Wednesday that the government is "initiating the process toward potential listing" of the Mackenzie Valley Highway, the Grays Bay Road and Port and the Deep Geological Repository as projects of national interest. The Mackenzie Valley and Grays Bay projects, which were referred to the Major Projects Office (MPO) in March, could be named projects of national interest as early as the fall, government officials said. We will build by maintaining world-class environmental standards so we can do things right the first time, and we will build by making clear to the world that Canada is willing and able to move major projects from possibility to reality." Officials speaking on background in advance of the announcement said referring these projects to the MPO does not mean they are being rubber stamped, only that they are being considered under the Building Canada Act for speedy approval.

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