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National Post
4 days ago
- Business
- National Post
Liberals to remove federal trade barriers, fast-track major projects in new bill
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney's government plans to remove federal trade barriers by recognizing the rules provinces have in place, the National Post has learned. Article content The measures are set to be introduced in a 'One Canadian Economy' bill aimed at knocking down federal trade barriers and fast-tracking the approvals process for major energy and infrastructure projects to be introduced Friday. Article content Article content Article content The full title of the bill is 'An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.' Article content Article content The proposed legislation takes aim at the overlap that exists between rules at the provincial and federal levels of government, including when it comes to workers. Article content The federal government is hoping the legislation will receive unanimous support from all parties to fast-track its adoption, but at least one opposition party has said that will not happen. Article content Bloc Québécois House leader Christine Normandin said on Wednesday her party will want to study the bill in great detail and hear from experts in parliamentary committees, which are not yet up and running. Article content 'For the interest of the population that we represent, we're going to do the work,' she said. Article content Carney is expected to hold a media availability to answer questions about the legislation around 12:30. Article content Besides addressing trade barriers, the bill will usher in a new process to fast-track approvals for major projects by creating a new federal major projects office. Article content Article content By creating the new office, the government promises to streamline the regulatory process and cut the approval timeline from five to two years. Article content Carney and the premiers met earlier this week and agreed on the criteria for what constitutes a project to be in the 'national interest,' which would allow it to be fast-tracked. Article content Requirements include Indigenous participation, the potential for clean growth, and a high likelihood of success. Article content The federal government has promised that the proposed bill to fast-track resource project approvals would follow the constitutional duty to consult First Nations. Article content However, the Assembly of First Nations has said it needs to see the full text of the bill to analyze it legally and has warned the approach poses a 'serious threat' to treaty rights. Article content
CBC
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Bloc Québécois to contest judicial recount in Terrebonne riding: sources
The Bloc Québécois is expected to launch a legal challenge against the judicial recount that saw the party lose the federal riding of Terrebonne by one vote after a mailing error led to a special ballot not being counted. Radio-Canada sources say Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet will announce the party's intentions this morning. He will be holding a news conference at 11 a.m. in Ottawa with Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné — the party's candidate in the riding — and Bloc MP Christine Normandin. The announcement comes a day after Elections Canada declared that the result of a recount in Terrebonne is final, despite a misprint that led to one special ballot being returned to sender. Elections Canada investigated after Terrebonne resident Emmanuelle Bossé came forward with an envelope that contained a vote for the Bloc Québécois which had been returned to sender. Results on election night indicated that Liberal MP Tatiana Auguste won the riding by 35 votes. After a standard validation process, the seat flipped temporarily to Sinclair-Desgagné by 44 votes. A judicial recount then found the Liberals had won, but only by a single vote. The independent agency said that this is the only case they know of in the recent election of an envelope containing a marked ballot being returned to a voter because of an incorrect address.
CBC
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Bloc Québécois to contest judicial recount in Terrebonne riding: sources
The Bloc Québécois is expected to launch a legal challenge against the judicial recount that saw the party lose the federal riding of Terrebonne by one vote after a mailing error led to a special ballot not being counted. Radio-Canada sources say Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet will announce the party's intentions this morning. He will be holding a news conference at 11 a.m. in Ottawa with Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné — the party's candidate in the riding — and Bloc MP Christine Normandin. The announcement comes a day after Elections Canada declared that the result of a recount in Terrebonne is final, despite a misprint that led to one special ballot being returned to sender. Elections Canada investigated after Terrebonne resident Emmanuelle Bossé came forward with an envelope that contained a vote for the Bloc Québécois which had been returned to sender. Results on election night indicated that Liberal MP Tatiana Auguste won the riding by 35 votes. After a standard validation process, the seat flipped temporarily to Sinclair-Desgagné by 44 votes. A judicial recount then found the Liberals had won, but only by a single vote. The independent agency said that this is the only case they know of in the recent election of an envelope containing a marked ballot being returned to a voter because of an incorrect address.
