These are the top 5 economic takeaways from the English language leaders’ debate
In the fight against Trump, Carney and Poilievre both said major projects needed to be built. Poilievre stressed the need to to build a pipeline from Alberta to Quebec, so that Canada can expand its oil exports beyond just the U.S. Carney outlined a “one window” approval process, which he discussed with premiers in March, that would streamline approvals for large-scale infrastructure projects that are within the national interest, including energy projects. Poilievre pushed back on this, arguing Carney’s intention to keep Bill C-69 — also known as the “no pipelines bill” — makes this impossible, and the legislation will continue make the approval process too long for most project investors. New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh floated the idea of a an East-West energy grid, something that Carney also supports. Blanchet continued to stress the need for provincial approvals of such projects and argued there is no point in building pipelines which take years to build, as Trump will be out of office before they are built. “Mr. Trump will be 90 years old and not the president,” he said.
