Let’s get building: Senate committee aims to put northern corridor on the map

Senators on the Banking Committee will continue the fight to get the government to undertake this project. With the support of enough Canadians, we won’t miss this opportunity a second time.

In November, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said the government 'agrees with the committee’s finding that improving national transportation and communication networks will encourage economic growth and facilitate exports.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR DAVID TKACHUK

February 5, 2018

PARLIAMENT HILL—Two major challenges have plagued Canada since its earliest days—how to move an unparalleled wealth in natural resources across an immense landmass and how to improve quality of life in the country’s most remote areas. A northern corridor would offer a solution to these in the ...

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