OTTAWA — Think of it like the premiers’ edition of Dragon’s Den.

When provincial and territorial leaders meet in Saskatoon next week, each will arrive armed with a list of projects they want fast-tracked and are seeking federal money to get off the ground.

While Prime Minister Mark Carney has not signalled that he plans to act like a venture capitalist to finance these endeavours, he has promised to speed up the timeframe from five to two years for massive infrastructure and energy projects to secure the necessary approvals by creating a new major projects office.

Doing so would happen through legislation planned to be tabled by the end of June, expected to be combined in a bill to fulfill Carney’s other promise of eliminating federal trade barriers. He has said he wants that to happen

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