Time to build a national transportation corridor

Not being able to quickly and efficiently move goods across the nation and to export markets further damages Canada’s attractiveness to international investors.

Canada's federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau, pictured March 13, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. Instead of preparing a contingency plan, last week showed the federal government was caught completely off-guard, writes Philip Cross. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PHILIP CROSS

February 24, 2020

Canada has traditionally excelled at transportation, especially over long distances. This reflects the necessity of carrying people and goods across our country, often in difficult conditions, and the opportunity from access to lucrative export markets. As a result, Canada built world-class companie...

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