Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed an agreement Thursday to speed up approval of major projects in the province under a "one project, one process, one decision" model.
This approach means that projects that would have been subject to environmental assessments at both the federal and provincial levels will now go through Ontario's process alone when the project is located primarily within the province.
"It's time for Canada to build big things again. And nowhere will the impact of this deal be felt more immediately than in the development of the Ring of Fire," Ford told a Thursday press conference in Ottawa.