The initial tranche of major projects the federal government will help get off the ground quickly include expanding liquefied natural gas production in B.C. and upgrading the port in Montreal, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday.

 As CBC News first revealed Wednesday evening, Carney unveiled a list of five "nation-building" projects Thursday morning. The list is being sent to the newly created Major Projects Office.

"We used to build big things in this country, and we used to build them quickly. It's time to get back at it, and get on with it," Carney said in announcing the projects in Edmonton on Thursday. "That starts with getting out of the way."

The prime minister said that major infrastructure projects in Canada have been stalled by a convoluted approval process rife with red tape — and the days of asking why a project should be built are gone.

"Canada's new government now starts by asking ourselves for major projects: How?" Carney said. "How can we build? How can we do it bigger? How can we do it faster?"