Canada to fast-track five projects across Canada as part of Liberals' nation-building efforts

OTTAWA — Reaction to the prime minister’s major projects announcement Thursday was wide ranging.

John Rustad, leader of B.C.’s Opposition Conservatives, told the that two of the announced projects in his province — Phase 2 of the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat and the Red Chris mine in northern B.C. — were already approved and underway by the time Mark Carney made his announcement.

“It’s great that they’re on the list in terms of what he’s recognizing, but what’s really needed for British Columbia are new pipes, more LNG capacity and quite frankly for Canada to get oil to our coasts,” he said.

Despite his province’s vast natural gas reserves, Canada still sells it to the Americans — like our

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