Gray’s Bay port and road project would give the North a boost

It would bring us on the road to realizing Diefenbaker’s vision of accessing a corridor rich in mineral potential.

Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi, pictured earlier this year, recently told Senators that he is committed 'to supporting northern communities in their very diverse needs for road infrastructure, for making sure that we are untapping the potential in the North for resource development.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DENNIS PATTERSON

June 8, 2016

At the Civic Auditorium in Winnipeg on Feb. 12, 1958, my hero, then-prime minister John Diefenbaker spoke of his vision for Canada’s Arctic. “We intend to carry out the legislative program of Arctic research, to develop Arctic routes, to develop those vast hidden resources the last few years hav...

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