The Liberals Must Define National Interest
Over four months ago, Conservatives worked to improve Bill C-5 and forced the Liberals to define “national interest” with clear, specific criteria. Since then, they’ve done nothing. In fact, in September, Dominic LeBlanc even admitted the Liberals would ignore the will of Parliament and refuse to define it at all.
Without a clear definition of “national interest,” every major project hangs on the political whims of cabinet, this is pure uncertainty with no accountability. When “national interest” is determined by broad concepts that the Liberal government decides on a case by case basis, the Liberals are able to pick and choose favourites, and make winners of a select few and losers of the rest.
This is blatant political interference. It’s deeply concerning that the Liberals would so easily dismiss the work of a Parliamentary Committee just to push their own “Liberals-know-best” agenda. All Canadians should be concerned that the Liberals continue to keep major project decisions behind closed doors without transparency or accountability.
