Government Archives - constructconnect.com ӰԺ's construction news Fri, 02 May 2025 19:53:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Government Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 New Brunswick premier sends Carney letter outlining priorities, wish list /dcn/news/government/2025/05/new-brunswick-premier-sends-carney-letter-outlining-priorities-wish-list /dcn/news/government/2025/05/new-brunswick-premier-sends-carney-letter-outlining-priorities-wish-list#respond Mon, 05 May 2025 08:10:49 +0000 /?p=457484 FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling for urgent action to develop national trade and resource corridors to provide an alternative to trade with the United States. She also urges the newly elected Liberal prime minister to make full use of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in her […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/new-brunswick-premier-sends-carney-letter-outlining-priorities-wish-list/feed 0 Carney says he won’t make a pact with NDP, confirms King Charles to launch Parliament /dcn/news/government/2025/05/carney-says-he-wont-make-a-pact-with-ndp-confirms-king-charles-to-launch-parliament /dcn/news/government/2025/05/carney-says-he-wont-make-a-pact-with-ndp-confirms-king-charles-to-launch-parliament#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 16:47:39 +0000 /?p=457405 OTTAWA — King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. Speaking at the National Press Theatre, Carney said Parliament will be recalled on May 26, and the King will read the speech outlining the new government’s priorities on May […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/carney-says-he-wont-make-a-pact-with-ndp-confirms-king-charles-to-launch-parliament/feed 0 Prime Minister Carney to meet with President Trump on Tuesday /dcn/news/government/2025/05/prime-minister-carney-to-meet-with-president-trump-on-tuesday /dcn/news/government/2025/05/prime-minister-carney-to-meet-with-president-trump-on-tuesday#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 16:39:53 +0000 /?p=457403 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will travel to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May 6, to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time since the April 28 election. The two are set to discuss Trump’s trade war on ӰԺ and the talks could set the stage for negotiations on a […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/prime-minister-carney-to-meet-with-president-trump-on-tuesday/feed 0 PM Carney to outline government priorities in first news conference since election /dcn/news/government/2025/05/pm-carney-to-outline-government-priorities-in-first-news-conference-since-election /dcn/news/government/2025/05/pm-carney-to-outline-government-priorities-in-first-news-conference-since-election#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 12:41:23 +0000 /?p=457321 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to outline the priorities of his new government this morning four days after Canadians voted in the Liberals for a fourth mandate. Carney will speak to the media and take questions at 11 a.m. EDT. He has promised to move immediately to address ongoing trade tensions with […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/pm-carney-to-outline-government-priorities-in-first-news-conference-since-election/feed 0 Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of Ottawa’s clean electricity plan /joc/news/government/2025/05/alberta-seeks-court-ruling-on-constitutionality-of-ottawas-clean-electricity-plan /joc/news/government/2025/05/alberta-seeks-court-ruling-on-constitutionality-of-ottawas-clean-electricity-plan#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 11:20:18 +0000 /?p=457073 EDMONTON — Alberta’s government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa’s clean electricity grid regulations. The regulations were finalized late last year and lay out a plan to decarbonize electricity grids across ӰԺ by 2025. Abandoning the regulations is one of nine demands Premier Danielle Smith laid out for the next federal […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/05/alberta-seeks-court-ruling-on-constitutionality-of-ottawas-clean-electricity-plan/feed 0 New B.C. legislation to speed up public and private projects, says minister /joc/news/government/2025/05/new-b-c-legislation-to-speed-up-public-and-private-projects-says-minister /joc/news/government/2025/05/new-b-c-legislation-to-speed-up-public-and-private-projects-says-minister#respond Fri, 02 May 2025 11:20:13 +0000 /?p=457087 VICTORIA — B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says new legislation will speed up major public and private projects, including mines and other natural resource enterprises.   The government of Premier David Eby has previously promised to speed up permitting to improve the provincial economy after last year’s election, then amid tariff and annexation threats from […]

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]]> /joc/news/government/2025/05/new-b-c-legislation-to-speed-up-public-and-private-projects-says-minister/feed 0 Ontario to table budget on May 15 amid impacts of U.S. tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/05/ontario-to-table-budget-on-may-15-amid-impacts-of-u-s-tariffs /dcn/news/government/2025/05/ontario-to-table-budget-on-may-15-amid-impacts-of-u-s-tariffs#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 16:07:40 +0000 /?p=456967 TORONTO — Ontario is set to table its 2025-26 budget on May 15. Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the date today, saying it will be a plan that helps Ontario build more, build faster and achieve free trade across ӰԺ. The fiscal plan is being tabled later than usual, in part due to the timing […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/ontario-to-table-budget-on-may-15-amid-impacts-of-u-s-tariffs/feed 0 Trump says he’ll meet with PM Carney at the White House ‘within the next week’ /dcn/news/government/2025/05/trump-says-hell-meet-with-pm-carney-at-the-white-house-within-the-next-week /dcn/news/government/2025/05/trump-says-hell-meet-with-pm-carney-at-the-white-house-within-the-next-week#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 10:25:22 +0000 /?p=456722 WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House “within the next week.” “I spoke to him yesterday,” Trump said of Carney. “He couldn’t have been nicer and I congratulated him.” Carney and Trump spoke on the phone Tuesday after the Liberals’ stunning […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/trump-says-hell-meet-with-pm-carney-at-the-white-house-within-the-next-week/feed 0 Energy, environmental groups strike hopeful tone after Liberal federal election win /dcn/news/government/2025/05/energy-environmental-groups-strike-hopeful-tone-after-liberal-federal-election-win /dcn/news/government/2025/05/energy-environmental-groups-strike-hopeful-tone-after-liberal-federal-election-win#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 08:05:26 +0000 /?p=456744 OTTAWA — Energy industry groups and environmental advocates were striking a hopeful note after voters returned the Liberals to power in Ottawa on April 28. “A new federal government offers an opportunity to rejuvenate ӰԺ’s economy and its approach to natural resource development,” said Lisa Baiton, head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. She […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/05/energy-environmental-groups-strike-hopeful-tone-after-liberal-federal-election-win/feed 0 Elections ӰԺ says more than 19.5M voters cast a ballot in federal election /dcn/news/government/2025/04/elections-canada-says-more-than-19-5m-voters-cast-a-ballot-in-federal-election /dcn/news/government/2025/04/elections-canada-says-more-than-19-5m-voters-cast-a-ballot-in-federal-election#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:49:28 +0000 /?p=456629 OTTAWA — Elections ӰԺ says more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election — more than 19.5 million people. While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible Canadians voted. But […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/04/elections-canada-says-more-than-19-5m-voters-cast-a-ballot-in-federal-election/feed 0 Elections ӰԺ pauses vote counting with majority still in question /dcn/news/government/2025/04/elections-canada-pauses-vote-counting-with-majority-still-in-question /dcn/news/government/2025/04/elections-canada-pauses-vote-counting-with-majority-still-in-question#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:00:42 +0000 /?p=456225 OTTAWA — Canadians won’t know until later Tuesday whether Mark Carney’s Liberals have won a majority or minority mandate from voters. Elections ӰԺ decided early Tuesday morning to pause the marathon counting of special ballots with a handful of ridings still too close to call.  The Liberals were leading or elected in 168 seats when […]

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]]> /dcn/news/government/2025/04/elections-canada-pauses-vote-counting-with-majority-still-in-question/feed 0 Liberals win 4th mandate as NDP vote collapses and Singh announces he will resign /dcn/news/government/2025/04/liberals-win-4th-mandate-as-ndp-vote-collapses-and-singh-announces-he-will-resign /dcn/news/government/2025/04/liberals-win-4th-mandate-as-ndp-vote-collapses-and-singh-announces-he-will-resign#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:49:36 +0000 /?p=456203 OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to unite the country and govern for all after Canadians handed the Liberals a fourth consecutive mandate in Monday’s federal election. “Who is ready,” he shouted to cheers and applause and people chanting his name in a crowded hockey arena in Ottawa in the wee hours of the […]

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