Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Wednesday the federal government’s new major projects office will open this week, as Ottawa prepares to make its first announcements on boosting large-scale infrastructure.

Hodgson made his comments in a speech at the Canadian embassy in Berlin, where he said Canada is placing an emphasis on speed in getting new infrastructure built so it can ramp up energy exports — including liquified natural gas.

Asked to clarify the timing by reporters later on Wednesday, Hodgson said an announcement was imminent.

“Today’s Wednesday, so it’ll either be Thursday or Friday,” he said during a virtual briefing from Germany.

“I hope you will be quite pleased on Thursday or Friday with the announcement of the launch of the major projects office,

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