New funding for the repair of a northern railway and redevelopment of the Port of Churchill holds the promise of opening new trade routes for shipping Manitoba minerals, energy and agricultural products across the globe.
On Friday, the provincial and federal governments pledged $30 million a piece to finish work on the Hudson Bay Railway and to start redeveloping the Port of Churchill.
Manitoba is exploring the idea of building a second deepwater port on Hudson Bay as part of a plan to ship potash from Saskatchewan and petroleum products from Alberta through the Arctic Ocean.