Entrance Burner
Tim Hodgson, Canada’s vitality and pure assets minister, on Liberal’s push to fast-track main initiatives, and the backlash from environmental and indigenous teams.
CBC Information · Posted: Jun 27, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Final Up to date: 27 minutes in the past
Tim Hodgson, the brand new federal vitality minister, spoke to a enterprise crowd in Calgary on Friday. (CBC)
Entrance Burner29:02Canada’s vitality minister on pipelines, Invoice C-5 controversy
Canada’s vitality and pure assets minister Tim Hodgson is answerable for an especially essential file for the federal authorities.
That is as a result of Prime Minister Carney campaigned on getting large vitality and assets initiatives accomplished, boosting Canada’s financial system and extracting us from our shut relationship with the U.S.
The stakes are fairly excessive for Minister Hodgson, who’s new to politics however has in depth expertise within the personal sector, together with time as CEO of Goldman Sachs Canada. He was additionally an adviser to Mark Carney throughout his time as governor of Financial institution of Canada.
He talks to host Jayme Poisson in regards to the controversial piece of laws, Invoice C-5, that might permit the federal government to quick monitor initiatives, but additionally exempt them from environmental legal guidelines and with some exceptions, acts of Parliament.
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