Ford plans to table law to eliminate internal trade barriers, pushes Ring of Fire work [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats of economic destabilization appear to be solidifying a Team Canada approach as the federal and provincial governments now look to speed up approvals of large “nation-building” infrastructure projects to kickstart the country’s economy.

The shift is one Ontario hopes to take advantage of to finally unlock critical minerals buried in the north of the province by building a massive new road and mining infrastructure, plans which have languished for years.

As Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Canada’s Premiers at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa the country’s leaders offered a sense of unity on fast-tracking large-scale infrastructure projects to boost productivity and insulate the Canadian economy from the United States.

“We can give ourselves, as Canadians, much more than anyone else can take away,” Carney told Premiers as he pitched the idea of a new Canada-wide agreement on the movement of goods …