ST. JOHN’S — A proposed offshore oilfield and a hydroelectricity deal with Quebec are two major projects in Newfoundland and Labrador that can increase the competitiveness of Canada’s economy, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday in St. John’s, N.L.

Provinces are eager for their infrastructure and energy projects to be included on Carney’s list of what he calls “nation-building projects” that would get accelerated approvals from the federal government — and Newfoundland and Labrador is no exception.

Alongside Carney at Monday’s news conference, Premier John Hogan pitched Equinor’s Bay du Nord oil project and a proposed energy deal between Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro as ideal candidates.

Carney praised both several times as he spoke to reporters in Canada’s eastern

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