Ontario Premier Doug Ford is asking Prime Minister Mark Carney for support on multiple projects for the province, including his plan to construct a tunnel under Highway 401.
Ford wrote to Carney on May 5, presenting a list of Ontario’s priorities that he wants the federal government to prioritize. The letter comes in response to a request made by Carney during a March meeting with the premiers in which he urged them to identify “nation-building projects.”
Ford said securing access to vital minerals by developing Ontario’s Ring of Fire region, investing in an electric vehicle supply chain, establishing a new James Bay deep-sea port, and supporting nuclear energy generation to build small modular reactors were top priorities for Ontario that would also “be transformational for Canada’s economy.”…