Evidence of meeting #7 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was project.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Chief Executive Officer, Major Projects Office
My aspiration would be four to five months to determine whether it's a project that should be designated.
Conservative
Chief Executive Officer, Major Projects Office
We have to consider all of the views of all of the different departments in the governments—indigenous as well as the provinces—in making our recommendation. As far as I understand it, there is no veto for anyone.
Chief Executive Officer, Major Projects Office
Nobody has a veto.... Well, the recommendation has to be accepted by government and then deferred back to us, as designated.
Chief Executive Officer, Major Projects Office
They have the decision-making power, as I understand it.
October 9th, 2025 / 12:55 p.m.
Conservative
David Bexte Conservative Bow River, AB
Okay. Thank you.
Then what happens? It comes back to you after the Privy Council, and then what?
Chief Executive Officer, Major Projects Office
Then all of the tough work starts because we go from a project that has been decided upon to now ensuring that we have a single permit with a set of conditions, out of all the people who are involved in the regulation. The streamlining has to happen so we can deliver that within a two-year time frame.
Conservative
David Bexte Conservative Bow River, AB
Thank you, Ms. Farrell.
How many registerable meetings have you had under the Lobbying Act, so far, with proponents or potential proponents?
Chief Executive Officer, Major Projects Office
I can provide that in writing. I don't have that information with me.
Conservative
David Bexte Conservative Bow River, AB
Thank you. Please table everything you can to that effect.
You spoke about the financing framework but not about public versus private financing. Do you have any directive on public versus...and could you table that, please, or your guidelines?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
Thank you very much, Mr. Bexte.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for their testimony today and wish them a happy Thanksgiving weekend. The witnesses are now excused.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Angelo Iacono
The committee's next meeting is Monday, October 20, 2025.
Thank you to all members for today's meeting, as well as to the translators, who were here today dealing with difficulties, and to the analysts as well as to the clerk. I wish you all a happy Thanksgiving.
We will continue with witness testimony for the study on October 20 and 23. If the committee wishes to extend the study by a further two meetings, then the clerk will schedule the witnesses. If not, then the committee can find time to issue, to the analysts, drafting instructions to prepare a draft report. The committee may decide and, in the absence of a committee decision, the chair may instruct the clerk to schedule other business.
The meeting is adjourned.