Feds seek permanent power to fast-track major projects
Power & Politics

Feds seek permanent power to fast-track major projects

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202652 min
  • Interview
  • Politics
  • About Canada

The federal government is taking steps to extend its powers to push through major projects. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources Corey Hogan joins Power & Politics to explain the government's move. Plus, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci gives his take on Canada-U.S. trade in an exclusive Canadian interview.

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The federal government is feeling some heat over its new economic bill, C-39.

government is giving itself permanent powers to fast-track projects it deems in the national

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I was very happy to have been able to find a way to get to the shop. and the communications director to U.S. President Donald Trump.

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It's Wednesday, September 23rd. I'm David Cochrane. The Power and Politics Podcast starts now. The federal government is feeling some heat over its new economic bill, C-39.

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That bill aims to speed up approval of all federal projects to within a year and the government is giving itself permanent powers to fast-track projects it deems in the national interest. I'm joined now by parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources,

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