Construction has officially started on a port expansion near Montreal—the first so-called nation-building project that was fast-tracked for approval by the federal government.
Prime Minister Mark Carney was on hand today at the terminal in Contrecœur, Que., about 45 kilometres northeast of Montreal, to announce the start of work.
It’s the first major project, deemed by the federal government to be in the national interest, to get off the ground since Carney became prime minister in March 2025.
Carney’s government had chosen Contrecœur and a series of other “nation-building” projects to be fast-tracked as a way to strengthen and diversify the economy amid trade uncertainty with the United States….