Liberals table bill to cut trade barriers, speed up ‘nation-building’ infrastructure [Video]

The Liberal government introduced legislation Friday that it says will eliminate federal barriers to internal trade and detail how nation-building infrastructure projects will be identified and approved more quickly. 

The One Canadian Economy Act attempts to fulfil campaign promises made by Prime Minister Mark Carney to strengthen Canada’s economy and sovereignty in the face of the economic attacks on Canada by the Trump administration. 

Carney said Friday that it is “a bill with two equally important components, designed to create one Canadian economy out of 13. A bill that is laser-focused on building a stronger, more competitive and a more resilient Canadian economy that works for all Canadians.”

The prime minister said the bill will on, the one hand, speed up the approval process of major infrastructure projects, reducing approval times from five years to two by introducing a “one-project, one-review” approach instead of having federal and provincial approval processes …