As Ottawa moves deeper into its fall sitting, questions around the Carney government’s ambitious major projects agenda are taking centre stage. This week, a Canada’s National Observer panel unpacked exactly what’s at stake.
Moderated by Managing Editor David McKie, The Next Big Bills: Inside Carney’s Policy Playbook brought together Canada’s National Observer reporters John Woodside, Darius Snieckus and Natasha Bulowski with former Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick for a wide-ranging discussion on how Carney’s policy proposals, including Bill C-5, could reshape Canada’s energy and climate landscape.
The conversation opened with Woodside examining the grand bargain at the heart of Carney’s strategy.
Carney’s idea is essentially “that the oil patch can get a new oi