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#Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew welcomed an 18-nation strong trade delegation from the #EU, headed by Germany. They are interested in the deep water port near Churchill, #MB, minerals, and 'Green Energy'
The port is about 3,300 nm from Rotterdam, NL, about 4.5 days away. That's a swift passage for western crops to market, and more central #Canada. Substantial infrastructure investment are ongoing for shipping, port. Is this:
Inspired by your post. I was unable to stop thinking about this much of the night. I have even looked up the current Canada ice conditions, and annual shipping season (roughly July to November) - https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/ice-forecasts-observations/latest-conditions.html
@Amgine A railway dream 100 years in the making.
@Amgine Yes- and apparently "beluga-watching season is the same as shipping season" which why in a story on CBC- Wab Kinew "floated" the idea of a 2nd port in Hudson's bay - I'm going to post that story shortly.
There actually *is* a second port in Hudson's Bay, or at least plans for it.
Churchill is on the Churchill River, which drains through wetlands into the bay. Well to the south is Makaso Sakahigan, the Fox Cree settlement, where the railroad takes a sharp turn northward, is the hydro dam on Nelson River. Toward the mouth of the river is the planned deepwater port.
I do not know how much work has been done, but it has been long-discussed as climate change takes hold.
"Green Energy" is a fig leaf to cover resource extraction.
Almost certainly, except they specifically mentioned hydrogen.
Europe is clearly pushing for hydrogen as a viable fuel for air travel. I hate it because, of course, it will mostly be natural gas/oil sourced, with a small percentage of green hydrogen produced via electrolysis.
But it will still be less GHG than current fuels.
I think a bigger goal for this port is minerals. Germany is already tapering its L/NG. But they need nickel, copper, others which Canada can deliver.
@Amgine It strikes me as a good forward thinking investment. I also have no issues with subsidies, depending on what they're directed at. They're a useful tool for directing and boosting industries/businesses that we want to develop.
@Amgine Added attraction is the impetus toward opening the north as climate changes. A large port could handle mineral exports from the north as well as tar sands oil, by-passing the Great Lakes bottle-necks. And ship-building? (Ice breakers!) The distance from the US border ain't neccessarily a bad thing.