We’re mayors. Faster project approvals are critical for our cities

We’re mayors. Faster project approvals are critical for our cities

We are the mayors of two cities — Sarnia, Ont., and St. John’s, N.L., respectively — whose economies depend on large industrial projects getting built. Our communities are in different parts of the country, but from both our vantage points the view has been the same for too long: seeing capital that could have come to Canada going elsewhere — not because our communities lacked the workforce or resources but because investors could not get a reli…