Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the federal government’s new major projects office will launch this week, a key element in the Ottawa’s push to spur companies into building new large-scale infrastructure.
The Liberal government rushed its major projects bill through Parliament in June so it could speed up approval times for large industrial projects.
But under the new law, the government needs this new office in place before it can start stamping corporate blueprints with Ottawa’s seal of approval.
Hodgson made his comments in a speech at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, where he said Canada is placing an emphasis on speed in getting new infrastructure built so Canada can ramp up energy exports….