Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters on election night in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Photo by The Canadian Press/Chris Young

By The Canadian Press

Federal Politics

Ottawa’s plan to ‘fast-track’ infrastructure doesn’t go far enough: Poilievre

May 31, 2025 | 3:07 PM

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government’s plan to circumvent the Impact Assessment Act to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn’t go far enough.

Taking questions from reporters in Ottawa today, Poilievre wouldn’t say whether his party will support the bill without reading it first.

The government is developing a “national interest” bill to fast-track nation-building projects with a streamlined regulatory approval process as a substitute for reviews under the Impact Assessment Act.

Poilievre says that while that might get some projects moving, there are dozens of other projects that might not even come forward as long as the act itself remains in place.

Poilievre calls the Impact Assessment Act, also known as C-69, the “worst approval system in the world” and frequently criticized it during the election campaign.

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