OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to get “shovels in the ground” on at least two pipelines within one year of him assuming office. Article content

The call comes weeks after the passage of Carney’s first major piece of legislation, the bill known as the “One Canadian Economy,” which introduces a new process to streamline the approvals for major infrastructure projects. Article content

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“Now you might say, this is too ambitious, how could you possibly get a pipeline under construction in mere months?” Poilievre told reporters at a press conference in Calgary.

“Well, he’s been in office already since last March, and he said, and I quote, ‘we need to think big and act bigger. We need to do things

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