Output is split into projects that don't need the new fast-track laws and projects that depend on them. Only the second group can say anything about the effect of the tariffs, and neither says anything about Washington's intent.

Context (5)

• 30 June 2025Action

  LNG Canada ships its first cargo from Kitimat, BC, bound for Asia

  LNG Canada took its final investment decision in 2018, before the tariffs and the fast-track laws, so it belongs with the projects that don't need the new fast-track laws.

  Documented by: LNG Canada, “First Cargo Puts Canada on the Map of LNG Exporting Nations” (external site), 30 June 2025. and 3 more

• 16 January 2026Action

  New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC, a 1,200 MW high-voltage direct current line from Quebec to New England) enters commercial operation

  Needs no fast-track law: a 2018 contract.

  Documented by: Hydro-Québec, “Hydro-Québec Form 18-K for 2025” (external site), 2026. and 2 more

• 14 November 2025Action

  Enbridge takes its final investment decision on Mainline Optimization Phase 1 (+150,000 b/d) and a Flanagan South expansion (+100,000 b/d), US$1.4B

  A project that needs no fast-track law, decided during the tariff period.

  Documented by: Enbridge, “Enbridge Adding Canadian Egress to Key U.S. Refining Markets, Enhancing North American Energy Security” (external site), 14 November 2025. and 2 more

• 1 August 2026Document

  Canada Gazette notice says Ottawa may list the West Coast Oil Pipeline as a national interest project under the Building Canada Act

  The pipeline depends on a listing under the Building Canada Act, so it belongs with the projects that depend on the new fast-track laws.

  Documented by: Cassels, “Canada and Alberta Deliver on Proposal for the West Coast Oil Pipeline” (external site), 6 July 2026. and 4 more

• 14 May 2026Document

  Canada, British Columbia and LNG Canada sign an investment co-operation agreement to support a 2026 decision on Phase 2

  LNG Canada Phase 2 was referred to the federal Major Projects Office in September 2025; this agreement is a step in the federal and provincial fast-track effort, so it counts among the projects that depend on the new fast-track laws; the partners took the final investment decision on 29 September 2026, while Bill C-39 was still before Parliament and the Mega Deduction was still a draft proposal. It stays in that group as a project referred to the Major Projects Office, but its decision came while neither measure was law.

  Documented by: Major Projects Office (Government of Canada), “LNG Canada Phase 2 - Major Projects Office” (external site). and 7 more