Ontario and Canada Sign Historic Co-operation Agreement to Eliminate Federal Duplication and Unlock the Ring of Fire

December 17, 2025

Today, Premier Ford and Prime Minister Carney signed a historic cooperation agreement that will streamline environmental approvals for major infrastructure and resource projects through a new ‘one project, one process, one decision’ model that is now in effect. The agreement will remove duplicative and overlapping federal impact assessments from Ontario’s world-leading environmental assessment process to build infrastructure faster and unlock resource development across the province, helping to build a more competitive, resilient and self-reliant Canadian economy

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En: Co-operation Agreement

Fr: Accord de coopération