Prairie Exports Are Hostage to Ports They Don’t Control

The port of Churchill needs a more modest vision

Instead of becoming a major exporter of Canadian resources that have no way to get to it, it should serve its region's communities. Read on

Prairie exports are hostage to ports they don’t control

Port of Churchill is the Prairies’ only answer to direct tidewater access Manitoba went to Mark Carney’s recent Canada Investment Summit in Toronto to sell a $70 to $80 billion expansion of the Port of Churchill, paired with talk of an “associate membership” arrangement between Canada and the European Union. The sudden attention on Hudson Bay signals something deeper: a recognition that Canada’s future prosperity depends on claiming its northe…

Prairie exports are hostage to ports they don’t control | Frontier Centre For Public Policy

Senior Fellow Joseph Fournier argues that year-round Hudson Bay shipping through the Churchill and Port Nelson corridor would give Prairie exporters a direct, diversified route to global markets, strengthening northern infrastructure, trade capacity and Canadian economic sovereignty.