Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced the first phase of his long-awaited “nation-building” megaprojects, a series of projects that include a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project and others that stretch from the east coast to the west and north of Canada.

On the sidelines of the Liberal caucus meeting in Edmonton on Thursday, Carney unveiled a list of five projects that have been recommended for approval. A document obtained by CTV News ahead of the announcement details the projects.

The most notable projects include:

Phase 2 of the Canada LNG project in Kitimat, British Columbia: An expansion that will double Canada’s liquefied natural gas production capacity.

The new Darlington Nuclear Power Plant in Clarington, Ontario: Which will make Canada the first G7 country to have a small modular reactor in operation.
The ContainerCorp container terminal expansion project in Quebec: which will increase the capacity of the Port of Montreal by about 60%.
The McIlunnabay copper mine in east-central Saskatchewan.
The Red Chris mine expansion in northwestern British Columbia.
Carney also outlined several other projects that are still in the early planning stages and that the federal government wants to see further development before making a formal commitment, including:

The Wind West Atlantic wind project in Nova Scotia with a capacity of more than 50 gigawatts.
The Pathways Plus project in Alberta to capture and store carbon.
The Arctic Economic Security Corridor to support vital mineral resources and strengthen northern defence and security.
Port Churchill Plus in Manitoba to upgrade the Port of Churchill.
The Alto High-Speed ​​Rail, Canada’s first high-speed rail line, about 1,000 kilometres long from Toronto to Quebec City.
In the first phase, no pipelines are on the list because no private companies have yet come forward to build them.

Alberta Premier Daniel Smith said Wednesday in Calgary that he was not concerned about the absence of a pipeline: “This list will be constantly updated. It’s not going to be the same and no more projects will be added.”

Now, the Major Projects Office (MPO), headed by Don Farrell, the former CEO and chairman of Trans Mountain, has been tasked with streamlining and expediting the regulatory process. The office was established under Bill C-5, the so-called “Made in Canada Act,” introduced by the Liberals and passed by parliament in June.

Carney has previously called the projects a cornerstone of the federal government’s plan to strengthen and resiliency the Canadian economy in the face of a trade war with the United States.

“Change of this magnitude is never easy,” he told Liberals in Edmonton on Wednesday. "It takes time and determination. This change requires a national solidarity that has not been seen since the end of World War II."

Carney also previously announced that the second phase of the projects would be announced by the time of the Grey Cup in November.

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