Major Projects Bill Passes Transport Committee as Tory, Bloc MPs Raise Charter Concerns

Major Projects Bill Passes Transport Committee as Tory, Bloc MPs Raise Charter Concerns
Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis rises during question period in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2022, in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The One Canadian Economy Act passed the committee stage and was sent back to the House of Commons following Conservative and Bloc Québécois MPs raising concerns about whether the bill gives government sweeping authority to exempt projects from existing laws without reasonable limits.

The transport committee met on the afternoon of June 18 until just after midnight to quickly review Bill C-5, which the Liberal government is seeking to approve before July 1.