Mark Carney is now trying to take credit for the Matawinie mine in Quebec. This project was already well advanced long before Carney and his latest bureaucracy the Major Projects Office came around: the Quebec government authorized construction in February 2021, and Nouveau Monde had already spent years working out the engineering, power supply and site preparation required to move the project forward. Now Carney wants Canadians to believe his new bureaucracy made this happen in six months. The reality is that the Carney Liberals are once again attaching themselves to a project that was already moving along, while at the same time refusing to do away with their anti-development laws that continue to make it slower and more expensive to build mines across Canada. Matawinie is another example of the resilience of Canada’s mining sector despite Liberal red tape and barriers, not proof that Carney has now become their new champion.
