Really feels like Carney pulled the biggest political con in recent Canadian history. A full fledged conservative not only winning the Liberal nomination but convincing Canadians they shouldn’t vote for the other conservative.
A good sign, honestly. The Carney Liberals are really trying to pivot away from the Trudeau/Guilbeault era and picking her, and Calgary as the HQ of this office, is a good strategic and symbolic choice.
Hopefully we can make infrastructure cross-partisan again.
Level_Stomach6682 on
As an Albertan and oilfield engineer, I have been consistently impressed over the last few months on the changes we have seen coming from Ottawa. I don’t remember the Harper years as I was too young, but I felt in the last decade that the country was pivoting strongly in a direction which frustrated me and somewhat belittled Prairie industries (the appointment of anti-nuclear, anti-oilsands Guilbeault as Minister of Environment for example). Carney has given me hope that a central government can effectively govern for all Canadians. He is making efforts to ensure voices from across the country are heard and I am seriously impressed.
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Potentially ominous. Though I do want to note that she has also been executive VP for B.C. Hydro and CEO of TransAlta (operates wind, hydro, NG, coal).
If I had to guess I’d say the priorities for major projects will be ports, renewable projects, critical mineral mines, and LNG. Probably not oil.
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Really feels like Carney pulled the biggest political con in recent Canadian history. A full fledged conservative not only winning the Liberal nomination but convincing Canadians they shouldn’t vote for the other conservative.
Headquartered in Calgary and headed by an oil executive, but the [press release](https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/08/29/prime-minister-carney-launches-new-major-projects-office-fast-track) studiously avoids mentioning pipelines by name. Here’s hoping it doesn’t follow the CER on the fast track to regulatory capture.
A good sign, honestly. The Carney Liberals are really trying to pivot away from the Trudeau/Guilbeault era and picking her, and Calgary as the HQ of this office, is a good strategic and symbolic choice.
Hopefully we can make infrastructure cross-partisan again.
As an Albertan and oilfield engineer, I have been consistently impressed over the last few months on the changes we have seen coming from Ottawa. I don’t remember the Harper years as I was too young, but I felt in the last decade that the country was pivoting strongly in a direction which frustrated me and somewhat belittled Prairie industries (the appointment of anti-nuclear, anti-oilsands Guilbeault as Minister of Environment for example). Carney has given me hope that a central government can effectively govern for all Canadians. He is making efforts to ensure voices from across the country are heard and I am seriously impressed.
Potentially ominous. Though I do want to note that she has also been executive VP for B.C. Hydro and CEO of TransAlta (operates wind, hydro, NG, coal).
If I had to guess I’d say the priorities for major projects will be ports, renewable projects, critical mineral mines, and LNG. Probably not oil.