Carney better be sharp on Canada’s game-changing projects

Without the capacity for rigorous analysis of which projects make sense, and an ability to say 'no' to projects that cannot meet rigorous review, we could waste billions of dollars and end up with little or nothing, but disillusion.

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on Parliament Hill ahead of a meeting with a bipartisan delegation of United States Senators on July 21, 2025.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

August 18, 2025

TORONTO—The Carney government is looking to projects “of national interest”—call them mega-projects—to help create a new economy (the strongest in the G7) with billons of dollars to be set aside to provide funding. These projects can range from ports, rail systems,...

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