40 h. ago The TSX stocks that could be winners from Mark Carney’s list of major projects

The Week in Stocks: Analysts dig into Ottawa's major project priorities, Oracle hits new highs and is it time to trim your TSX holdings?

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48 h. ago FIRST READING: Here’s all the times the Liberals said they would build an oil pipeline

A curated list of 'major projects' released on Thursday by the Carney government conspicuously doesn't contain one

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50 h. ago Michael Higgins: Mark Carney’s Major Projects Office is a fraud

It doesn't get out of the way, instead it introduces a host of new regulations to saddle infrastructure projects with

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64 h. ago Demkiw’s contract as chief renewed for another four years, police board says

Myron Demkiw’s “steady leadership” has earned him a vote of confidence from the Toronto Police Service Board. Toronto’s chief of police had his contract renewed for another four years, the board announced in a statement Thursday, to ensure “stability and continuity in leadership at the Toronto Police Service. “Stability in leadership is critical at this […]

Events

64 h. ago Major projects announcement hampered by red tape, lack of pipelines: Critics

Canada to fast-track five projects across Canada as part of Liberals' nation-building efforts

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66 h. ago Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill

MONTREAL — A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government’s major projects law. Centre quebecois du droit de l’environnement says the legislation gives the government excessive powers and jeopardizes democracy and environmental protections. Prime Minister Mark Carney has said the law […]

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66 h. ago Alberta’s Danielle Smith praises first batch of Carney’s nation

Topping the list is the second phase of LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., where natural gas from Alberta is chilled into liquid and loaded onto specialized tankers for export to Asia.

Transport

66 h. ago Here are the 1st major projects Carney says are in ‘national interest’

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled plans for five upcoming projects aimed at boosting Canada's economy and helping to become less reliant on the United States.

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2 d. ago Liberals reveal first five major projects to be considered for fast

All five projects have already made some progress through their respective regulatory processes but have struggled to get over the finish line

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2 d. ago Liberal major projects list shows first five proposals to be considered for fast

All five projects have already made some progress through their respective regulatory processes but have struggled to get over the finish line

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3 d. ago Varcoe: 'People listened' – Oilpatch leaders sit down with Liberal MPs ahead of first look at major projects list

'I went into that meeting anxious ... It's an unknown environment and I was treated really well, really thoughtfully, and people listened. And I left feeling light. I left feeling good'

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3 d. ago Carney Says Major Projects Coming to Combat Trade War ‘Crisis’

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he’ll announce Thursday the first wave of major projects to be fast-tracked under a new law passed by his government.

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3 d. ago First wave of major project announcements arriving Thursday: Carney

Carney said the much-anticipated first tranche of projects focuses on proposals that connect regions and diversify the country's products and markets

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4 d. ago Lorne Gunter: Ideology killing Canada's home construction numbers

On Tuesday, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) released statistics on housing starts for the first half of the year in seven major Canadian cities. The federal housing agency also projected the number of new housing unit starts (apartments, condos, row houses and single-family detached houses) that will be achieved across the country in […]

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4 d. ago Liberal MPs meet in Edmonton to prepare for fall sitting, major projects agenda

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to hold his first big caucus retreat in Edmonton this week is sending a signal to the country that he’s taking direction from Canadians, rather than dictating terms from his downtown Ottawa office, a Liberal strategist says. “The government is trying to send a signal that they are […]

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4 d. ago Battle that led to Haiti’s independence among names of new Montreal metro stations

MONTREAL — Montreal’s outgoing mayor says she hopes a major project to extend the subway system into the city’s east end will chart a path forward for other public transit developments. On Tuesday, Valerie Plante said she had wanted to see more transit projects get off the ground during her nearly eight years in office. […]

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4 d. ago Adam Pankratz: Carney’s major projects office shouldn’t be necessary

The government is now creating more bureaucracy to bypass its own rules

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4 d. ago Liberal MPs meet in Edmonton to talk fall session, major projects

It's the first time the caucus has met since June, and the first caucus retreat held outside Ottawa since Carney took over the party's leadership last March.

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8 d. ago iolite Renews Call for Leadership Change at Dynacor Following Weak Q2 Results and Lack of Accountability and Transparency

A few days of full plant utilization and vague promises of future projects cannot offset major leadership issues and a year of sustained underperformance. iolite renews its call for Chairman Pierre Lépine and CEO Jean Martineau to resign, following the Company’s press release yesterday. Severe underperformance: Q2 operating income of US$3.3 million is down 56% […]

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9 d. ago Les Premières Nations refusent d’inclure les infrastructures autochtones dans les grands projets

Selon les opposants, cette inclusion viendrait à légitimer la loi fédérale, voire à éviter toute consultation d’Ottawa.

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