""Carney recently named the first five projects in the national interest that will be fast-tracked, which is intended to strengthen the country's economy, particularly in the face of U.S. tariffs. One Ontario project was on the initial list building small modular nuclear reactors and Ford said Tuesday that accessing the province's critical mineral-rich Ring of Fire region will be in the next set of projects. It received a nod in Carney's announcement, along with energy, high-speed rail and port projects, suggesting the federal government will indeed work with provinces to bring those to fruition down the line.""
""I just believe he will," Ford said while in the Niagara Region at the International Plowing Match, an annual expo that celebrates agriculture and rural living. "Considering it's the busiest highway in North America, and 50 per cent of the GDP comes through Toronto, and (gridlock is) costing us $58 billion of lost productivity, I think it's pretty national.""
"The tunnel was on Ford's list of five suggested projects to Carney, which also included a new James Bay deep-sea port and expanded GO train service. The premier has pitched it as a way to ease gridlock and boost productivity in the Toronto area, though critics have dismissed it as fantasy. NDP Leader Marit Stiles said including a prospective tunnel under Highway 401 in Ford's wish list to Carney just muddies the waters on the province's priorities."
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he believes Mark Carney will support accelerating construction of a tunnel under Highway 401 to ease gridlock and boost productivity. Carney named five national-interest projects to be fast-tracked to strengthen the economy amid U.S. tariffs, and one Ontario project — small modular nuclear reactors — was on the initial list. Ford said accessing the mineral-rich Ring of Fire will be in the next set of projects. Carney also nodded to energy, high-speed rail and port projects, indicating federal-provincial collaboration. Critics called the tunnel fantasy, and NDP Leader Marit Stiles said it muddies provincial priorities.
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