Omnibus bills and the realities of governments moving slowly

There are all sorts of orange reasons why Canada needs to move fast to bolster our economy. It’s difficult to argue against efficiencies in bureaucracy. But Bill C-39 has slipped in some poison pills for the environment in the rush to prove projects in the public interest.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured recently on the Hill. Columnist Rose LeMay says the definition of public interest would be more credible if it included humanity and the well-being of our relations (all of us, two-legged, four-legged and finned), as well as our mother the land. The definition of public interest cannot be money alone.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion
BY ROSE LEMAY
October 12, 2026

OTTAWA—One year to approve a ‘project of national interest’ such as a pipeline, this is what Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, says. There are all sorts of orange reasons why Canada needs to mo...

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