Overview
- Alberta’s government says it will bring legislation to set a 120-day provincial approval deadline for priority major projects.
- The government has not tabled a bill and has not explained how the 120-day clock would work.
- The province links the fast-track push to a goal to double oil and gas output by 2035 and to widen access to export markets.
- Officials say Indigenous consultation and environmental safeguards will stay central, yet a Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation chief warns a faster process could sideline those concerns.
- A recent Canada–Alberta understanding would send projects under provincial jurisdiction through Alberta’s review and fold the provincial process into shared reviews to cut duplication.