Uncertainty surrounds assessments plans for national interest projects 

Selected projects represent high hopes and deeply invested political capital. But they also follow a long history of unnecessarily costly and failed efforts that began with political enthusiasm and proceeded with unsupported confidence.
The work of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Major Projects Office is highly consequential, writes Robert B. Gibson.

The national interest projects story is about to step from closed-door, inter-government discussions to an almost entirely undefined process for serious evaluations and decision making. 

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