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Government Rejects Bloc’s Call to Split Internal Trade, Major Projects Legislation
- The Liberal government introduced Bill C-5 last Friday to address internal trade barriers and speed up major project approvals.
- The Bloc Québécois called for splitting the legislation to quickly pass the trade portion and study environmental impacts separately.
- Government House leader Steven MacKinnon stated the Liberals will not split the bill and noted they have not sought consensus to extend the House sitting.
- The bill creates a federal office to lead approvals, requires at least four opposition MPs’ support, and aims to cut approval timelines from five to two years.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested extending House sittings into July to pass the bill before summer recess beginning June 21.
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Government rejects Bloc's call to split internal trade, major projects legislation
OTTAWA — Government House leader Steven MacKinnon says the Liberals won't split up Bill C-5, legislation introduced last week to push forward projects deemed to be in the national interest. The bill has two parts.
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OTTAWA—The Leader of the Government in the House, Steven MacKinnon, says the Liberals will not split Bill C-5, introduced last week to move forward on projects deemed to be of national interest. The bill has two parts. The first part deals with the barriers to domestic trade that the Liberals promised to remove by July 1, while the second part would bring profound changes to speed up the approval of major projects.
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