The Major Projects Office was created to help fast-track or accelerate significant major projects in the country that can have economic benefits for Canada and Canadians. The role we play is as a single window for project proponents, and we can coordinate with other departments and agencies across the federal system.
We're not a regulator ourselves, but we can coordinate with the regulators and help streamline project approvals or any outstanding authorizations or permits from those different departments. We can also help project proponents structure their financing. We can help them be more attractive for private sector investment and work with Crown corporations, if there are different types of financing support required.
A lot of our role is coordination, working directly with the proponents and then clearing the path where there are any kinds of barriers for those projects to be successful.