Canada can be a resource superpower if we build the road to get goods to market

What we need is a co-ordinated, long-range strategy, a national trade corridor plan that links the country’s productive zones to its export gateways through reliable, resilient, multimodal infrastructure.
The Vancouver Centerm Terminal in Vancouver, B.C., is shown above. Ports are the gateways to global markets, according to Gary Mar, president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation.

Canada’s new Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Tim Hodgson, has a vision: make Canada the global leader in energy and resource exports. It’s dynamic, timely, ambitious, and entirely within reach. We have the goods, now we need the delivery. If you can’t move it...

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