News Analysis
After months of suspense and a few leaks to the media, Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his plan to revive the economy with what the government dubs “nation-building” projects to be fast-tracked.
As of now, however, there will be nothing on the scale of or as transformative as what older generations witnessed, whether with a cross-country railroad or the St. Lawrence Seaway.
What Carney announced on Sept. 11, when fully approved and operationalized, will likely help boost Canada’s economic prospects, but they are low-risk and also not novel. The projects selected are largely in advanced stages of approval, having also largely cleared indigenous consultations….