1 day Ago By Ari Yanover
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has promised his government will create an east-west “national energy corridor” to guarantee the approval of pipelines, railways and other resource-moving infrastructure within Canada, if elected. “This corridor will be pre-designated, ensuring that all level of governments have provided legally binding commitments to approve projects within them. Investors would no longer face endless regulatory limbo.
First Nations would be involved from the outset,” Poilievre promised in a video publishe d online Monday. Could we even build the Canadian Pacific Railway today? Conservatives will honour the legacy of Sir John A. Macdonald & unite our country with a Canada First National Energy Corridor.
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com/q1Pzw7GNsF His announcement comes just over one week after Liberal Leader Mark Carney said the federal government would implement a similar measure alongside provinces . Days before Carney triggered the election, he said premiers and Ottawa had agreed to create a national “trade and economic corridor” that included a single approval process for large infrastructure projects. “This new measure will create clear, predictable, and efficient review processes — with the highest standards for safety, environmental protection and Indigenous consultation — and reduce uncertainty for investors,” read a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office.
A video announcing Poilievre’s latest campaign promise begins with him stepping out from behind a bust of Sir John A. Macdonald, turning towards the dark grey effigy and asking it, rhetorically, if Canada’s first prime minister would be able to build the Canadian Pacific Railway line in 2025. “Let’s not forget why John A.
wanted an east-west railway: it’s so that we wouldn’t be so dependent on the Americans. “But today, with the United States threatening tariffs, we need east-west trade more than ever before and building that kind of project would be impossible (under a Liberal government),” Poilievre said. In the video, the Conservative leader said that for Alberta oil to be transported to Quebec, it must go through pipelines that traverse the northern United States.
He said that that is not ideal amid a historic trade war with the United States and threats by President Donald Trump to annex Canada. “That gives the Americans the power to cut off Canadians from our own energy supply,” he said in the video before turning back to the Macdonald bust and asking, “It must hurt you to hear that, doesn’t it? Unbelievable.”.
