Canada is building strength at home by diversifying our trade relationships, expanding opportunities for Canadian businesses, and reducing our dependence on any single partner.
To build a strong and resilient economy in an uncertain world, Canada needs to be able to build major projects more efficiently, move goods reliably across the country and to export markets, and support good jobs through fair, stable and productive workplaces. These elements are interconnected and essential to attracting investment, expanding trade, and strengthening Canada's competitiveness.
Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Transport and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, and the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, announced the release of four What We Heard reports following the Government's nationwide engagement on proposed legislative, regulatory and policy reforms to help build one strong Canadian economy.
Together, these engagements explored how Canada can build major projects faster, strengthen and secure transportation networks, improve the movement of goods and services, and support fair and productive workplaces. The reports reflect input received from Indigenous Peoples, provinces and territories, stakeholders, and Canadians, as well as engagement with unions, labour organizations, employers, employer associations and National Indigenous Organizations.
The feedback captured in these reports will help inform the Government's work across three key areas: making major project reviews and decision-making more efficient and predictable; modernizing transportation and strengthening supply chains so Canadian goods can reach markets reliably; and modernizing the federal labour relations framework to support fair agreements, and greater stability.
The report on Proposals for Getting Major Projects Built in Canada is built on over 26,000 submissions, including over 400 submissions from Indigenous Peoples and industry, academia, provincial, territorial and municipal government stakeholders. The report highlights strong interest in improving the efficiency and predictability of federal regulatory processes while emphasizing the importance of maintaining robust environmental protections and upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
More than 300 industry participants took part in three engagement sessions led by Transport Canada. They received 82 submissions from Indigenous Peoples, 210 written submissions from other participants, and 191 from industry. The Strengthening One Canadian Economy through Trade and Transportation
