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owner-ship,Indigenous rights and environmen-tal protections.  \nDanielle Smith and Indigenous leadersfrom various communities in the region,including Treaty 8Grand Chief Trevor Mer-credi.  \nIt marked the first official designation ofa project of national interest under theBuilding Canada Act,which provides anaccelerated pathway through regulatoryapprovals with the support of the federalgovernment.The legislation is a marqueeelement of Mr.Carney's economic agenda,and while the government has begun theprocess of listing other projects in the na-tionalinterest,none haveyet made the list.  \nThe process will be led by Ottawa'sMajor Projects Office with support fromthe Canada Energy Regulator,Mr.Carneysaid Thursday.The MPO aims to finalizeconditions for the pipeline by Sept.1,2027,leading to a construction process and thepipeline being operational by 2032.Its ex-pected price tag is between $35.2-billionand $43.7-billion.  \nThe next step for the pipeline -now  \n■PIPELINE,A6  \nSCIENCE]  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