By David Baxter and Craig Lord A key piece of the Carney government’s economic agenda, Bill C-39, passed its first vote in the House of Commons Thursday when Conservatives voted with the majority Liberals to send the bill for study by a special committee. The 243-page bill proposes to extend the government’s one-project, one-review, within one-year approach to major infrastructure projects to apply to other projects across the country. The legislation is a core part of the Liberals’ plans to pivot the economy away from reliance on the United States and present Canada as a reliable trading partner to overseas markets. Before the vote, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said his party would support sending the legislation to a committee study in order to propose amendments to what he called a…
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