To be clear, of the projects Mr. Poilievre cited yesterday:
- 1 project (LNG Canada 2) is in fact fully approved and awaiting the company’s final investment decision.
- 3 projects are being assessed under the Harper/Poilievre Government's flawed CEAA 2012 process – which is why they are taking so long.
- 2 projects being assessed under our IAA process are delayed due to extension requests from the companies themselves.
- 5 projects began assessment in the last two years and are within the current timeline goals set under the IAA, with 3 of them expecting final decisions in the next 12 months.
Canadians should not accept these mistruths and incomplete information as a façade for shirking our Constitutional obligations and ignoring our environment.
We deserve better from our public discourse. Canadians know it’s possible to build major projects the right way - why doesn’t Mr. Poilievre?
So, this announcement is interesting since it commits to greenlight (or at least work with proponents and First Nations to approve) ten specific projects. I thought it was worth taking a look at a few of them (they are shown below): 1/