Event11 September 2025Document

First five projects referred to the Major Projects Office (over C$60B), including LNG Canada Phase 2

Prime Minister Carney referred the first five projects to the new Major Projects Office on 11 September 2025, worth more than C$60 billion: LNG Canada Phase 2 (Kitimat, BC), the Darlington new nuclear project (Ontario), the Contrecœur container terminal (Port of Montreal), the McIlvenna Bay copper mine (Saskatchewan) and the Red Chris mine expansion (BC). Six earlier-stage strategies, including Port of Churchill Plus, were also moved to the office for further development (Prime Minister's Office).

Date

11 September 2025

Kind

Regulation

Where

Canada

Evidence

Document: An official document: a bill, a filing, an agreement text. How evidence is weighed

Who

Government of Canada (acted); Major Projects Office (acted)

Sources

• Major Projects Office, “Port of Churchill Plus (referred strategy)” (external site). source record
• Prime Minister's Office, “Prime minister carney announces first projects be reviewed new” (external site), 11 September 2025. source record
• McCarthy Tétrault, “Fast-tracking nation-building: Canada's Major Projects Office newly announced PONIs” (external site), about November 2025. source record

Laws and agreements

• One Canadian Economy Act (incl. Building Canada Act) (C-5)

Projects

• Port of Churchill Plus strategy (incl. LNG idea)
• LNG Canada Phase 2
• Contrecoeur container terminal (Port of Montreal)
• Darlington SMR (first unit)
• McIlvenna Bay copper mine
• Red Chris mine expansion