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Container cranes and a container ship at the existing Roberts Bank terminals, seen from the Tsawwassen ferry — Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Policy Watch|Canada

Ottawa lists $5.9-billion Roberts Bank Terminal 2 as a ‘national interest’ project, deeming permit preconditions met despite whale and salmon findings

Order in Council P.C. 2026-1047 (30 October) adds the Delta, B.C., container terminal to Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act. Under the Act, listing means the substantive preconditions for the remaining federal permits are deemed met; conditions will be set in a single Conditions Document. Cabinet says the port expansion avoids $800–900 million a year in shipping costs from 2031. Its own explanatory note says the project ‘would cause significant adverse effects’ to endangered southern resident killer whales.

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Kitimat, British Columbia, from the air — Photo: Sam Beebe, CC BY 2.0

Economy & Jobs|Canada

LNG Canada Phase 2: Kitimat FID doubles export capacity to 28 mtpa

Joint-venture partners took a final investment decision on LNG Canada’s Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C. Company primary: capacity rises from 14 to 28 million tonnes a year. The PMO (29 Sep) welcomed a $33-billion private investment and a companion Coastal GasLink Phase 2 FID — distinct from the West Coast oil-pipeline Schedule 1 listing (PC 2026-0925, 1 Oct) tracked separately on this site.

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Pipeline rights-of-way from the air (illustrative) — Photo: jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0

Accountability|Canada

Pacific Link listed: West Coast oil pipeline added to Building Canada Act Schedule 1

Order in Council PC 2026-0925 (1 October 2026) amends Schedule 1 of the Building Canada Act to list the West Coast Oil Pipeline — branded Pacific Link by Ottawa and Alberta — as a project of national interest. That starts a single federal review and conditions track toward 1 September 2027. It is not a CER certificate and not construction.

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West Block, Parliament Hill, Ottawa — Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0

Accountability|Canada

Bill C-39 passes second reading 296–26 and goes to a legislative committee; the Building Canada Strong Act is still not law

Bill C-39, the Building Canada Strong Act, is still at second reading. On 5 October 2026, the House’s first day back, the Projected Order of Business puts it first under Government Orders: resuming debate on the previous question moved by Ryan Turnbull on 25 September, with a legislative-committee referral pending. Labour Code s.107 guardrails and Indigenous consultation clocks are the live citizen fights. Update, 8 October: at midnight on 7 October the House carried the previous question on division; the second-reading recorded division is deferred to 8 October after Question Period, and its 11-member legislative committee has been named. Update, 9 October: on 8 October the House passed second reading 296–26 (Division 178) and referred C-39 to the Legislative Committee on Bill C-39, chaired by James Maloney. Conservatives and Liberals voted yes; the Bloc, the NDP and Elizabeth May voted no. The bill is not yet law.

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