Althia Raj: The bill, which grants cabinet the power to exempt “national interest projects” from nearly any law on the books, raised alarms it would run roughshod over environmental rules and bypass consultations with Indigenous Peoples.
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Now, it’s worth asking what the rush was all about.
None of the five projects announced in September and referred to Carney’s newly created Major Projects Office have been listed under the act as projects of “national interest…