By Nick Murray The head of the federal government\u2019s major projects office says just the \u201cthreat\u201d of Ottawa having Bill C-5 at its disposal is enough to spur government departments to move quickly on project permitting. Dawn Farrell made the remarks last week at a joint parliamentary committee hearing, which is evaluating the government\u2019s performance with Bill C-5 \u2014 formally titled the Building Canada Act. Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s government fast-tracked Bill C-5 through the House of Commons last year, with support from the Conservatives, which gave Ottawa the power to designate projects as in the \u201cnational interest\u201d in order to skirt certain environmental laws to get those projects approved faster. At the committee hearing on April 28, Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MP Patrick Bonin pressed Farrell on why Bill C-5 even… <\/p>\n
By Nick Murray The head of the federal government\u2019s major projects office says just the \u201cthreat\u201d of Ottawa having Bill C-5 at its disposal is enough to spur government departments to move quickly on project permitting. Dawn Farrell made the remarks last week at a joint parliamentary committee hearing, which is evaluating the government\u2019s performance with Bill C-5 \u2014 formally titled the Building Canada Act. Prime Minister Mark Carney\u2019s government fast-tracked Bill C-5 through the House of Commons last year, with support from the Conservatives, which gave Ottawa the power to designate projects as in the \u201cnational interest\u201d in order to skirt certain environmental laws to get those projects approved faster. At the committee hearing on April 28, Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MP Patrick Bonin pressed Farrell on why Bill C-5 even... <\/p>\n