Indo-Pacific reality check in Tsawwassen

For a country that relies on trade for two-thirds of its GDP, and for the provinces like Saskatchewan that rely on the port for close to 20 per cent of its provincial GDP, this is an existential question. For the government in Ottawa, it is a confidence motion of sorts for its Indo-Pacific trade ambitions.

The proposed Vancouver port expansion will increase container handling capacity on the west coast by thirty per cent, by increasing the size of instead of the number of ships using the port, writes Carlo Dade. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY CARLO DADE

February 16, 2023

CALGARY—It’s reality check time for the federal government’s Indo-Pacific strategy.

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