Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has announced another interprovincial trade deal, and has promoted plans for a northern energy corridor that could include a pipeline.
Kinew told the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce that his government is finalizing a memorandum with British Columbia to cut trade barriers between the two provinces.
Similar to a recent deal with Ontario, it’s aimed at allowing more goods and services to flow freely, and Kinew says it will give Manitobans access to another big market.
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Kinew also told the business crowd he plans to have Manitoba show itself as the path to getting natural resources to tidewater.
He says among the possibilities are a new port on Hudson Bay and a pipeline to carry anything from oil to potash slurry.
Kinew says something needs to get built in Western Canada, and it’s up to the private sector to build a business case for the best plan.
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