What a bait and switch
An interprovincial pipeline for export IS federal jurisdiction so no province gets a veto. This is the whole point.
Mark Carney, how the heck is Canada supposed to become an energy superpower and build “at speeds not seen in generations” for an "emergency", when your Energy Minister is already signaling your government will be the same as the old one, and not exercise your federal authority for this kind of nation-building energy infrastructure that reduces reliance on the U.S.?!
No wonder not a single private sector proponent will take the risk alone to play this game with your "national list" since your same government already vetoed one pipeline and interfered to kill another West to East pipeline for Canada's own energy security, sovereignty, and to export to Europe in the last decade.
You need to fix the fundamentals for all proponents in all sectors - that means repeal or fix all your own laws and regulations (that your own C-5 "Building Canada Act" now does a work-around of since your government knows those laws block building) so that the private sector can have the confidence and certainty to invest and build in Canada when approved, which your government is already showing it won't!
What's the point of this "fast track" office if it's going to take almost a year into your term to even consider this proposal, when it’s exactly your anti-development policies that forced a government to have to put this proposal together with three different private sector proponents?
Who can believe you when you say you want Canada to be an "energy superpower" and "elbows up" with the U.S., when you support a 1 000 000 000 pipeline for the U.S. but none for Canada to expand export markets? And, your same government let that pipeline get vetoed by your American political allies, the Democrats, and used almost none of your government's resources and tools to impact the American decision at the time, unlike the previous Conservative government which had secured majority support from American legislators before your government let it get killed.
What a bait and switch!