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| Manitoba Lt. Governor Confirms NA Trade Corridor That Is Not Being Built |
| 2007-12-03 |
| ...Legislation and new initiatives to be introduced this session will: ...Renew our provinceÂ’s transportation network and trade corridors, as part of a ten-year, $4 billion investment... "...Manitoba is also taking a major role in the development of a Mid-Continent Trade Corridor, connecting our northern Port of Churchill with trade markets throughout the central United States and Mexico. To advance the concept, an alliance has been built with business leaders and state and city governments spanning the entire length of the Corridor. When fully developed, the trade route will incorporate an "in-land port" in Winnipeg with pre-clearance for international shipping..." The denials of the SPP have to rate right up there with denying the existence of Groom Lake AFB. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 The notion you would build a north/south transport corridor through Manitoba is just silly. There is nowhere to go to north of Manitoba. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-12-03 23:49 |
| #2 "our northern Port of Churchill". . . . . . which is open to shipping for about one month of the year. Also. . . . the only inland access to Churchill is by rail. There will never be a road because of the geography and cost. This idea of including Churchill is just pitiful. |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2007-12-03 21:00 |
| #1 Anyone with even an elementary understanding of economics would want to see such a thing built. It would vastly improve the economic conditions of all concerned. For example: what if New Jersey shut off all major highways to New York. What that improve the economy of EITHER side? What we need are MORE and larger transportation interconnects throughout North America. As you do that, you will find disparity in economies going way, a MUCH smaller problem with immigration (no need to) and in improvement in everyone's standard of living. People who are against more open trade in North America are suffering from a severe case of cranial rectosis. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2007-12-03 19:14 |