Liberals Fail to Deliver on Promised Economic Boom

The Liberal government's One Canadian Economy Act, introduced in 2025 by Prime Minister Mark Carney, aimed to dismantle internal trade barriers and fast-track major 'national interest' projects. However, a year later, few of these promises have been fulfilled. No new projects have begun construction since the bill was passed.

The government is now introducing Bill C-39, another omnibus bill that seeks to address the same issues as its predecessor. The bill's backers claim it will give Canada 'the tools we need to build more, better and more.' However, critics point out that this is simply a repeat of the government's failed promises from last year.

A curious admission by the Liberal government in the bill's backgrounder reveals that not one project has met the threshold for assessment through an integrated review panel since its introduction in 2019. This raises questions about why it took seven years to acknowledge the need for change and how much resources were wasted on a regulatory pathway that failed to deliver.