After Manitoba’s push to promote the northern town of Churchill as a strategic trade hub, Ontario is now turning its attention to economic opportunities in its own north, and Alberta wants a piece of it.
Talk of developing James Bay as an export hub resurfaced this week around a meeting between Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Ontario is seeking to build a deep-water port to help export products to new markets. Alberta, which does not have direct port access, is also pushing for this development.
James Bay, on the southern end of Hudson Bay, is part of Nunavut and borders the provinces of Ontario and Quebec….