Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says Ottawa has hinted at a timeline of 2030 to develop the Port of Churchill as a hub for energy exports, including liquefied natural gas.
“The federal government has made it very clear, they want to build big things and they want to build things fast,” Kinew told reporters.
After meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson on April 14 in Ottawa, Kinew said he interpreted remarks from Carney as an “ultimatum” to show progress by 2030 in order to secure federal funding.
The port, located on Hudson Bay in Churchill, Man., is Canada’s only Arctic deep-water port connected to the national rail network. It has long been discussed as a strategic route for grain, critical minerals, and energy shipments, including liquefied natural gas (LNG)….