WINNIPEG — The federal and Manitoba governments are putting more than $79 million into a railway and a port in the province's north.
WINNIPEG — The federal and Manitoba governments are putting more than $79 million into a railway and a port in the province's north.
The rail line was shut down in 2017 by its then-owners, U.S.-based OmniTrax, after flooding washed out large sections of the tracks. "We have a pathway to get to the European Union. We have a pathway for those minerals that are going to power, not just the low-carbon economy, but also a lot of the defence needs around the world," Kinew told reporters at an announcement on Tuesday.
"This is about diversifying our markets," he said."We're always going to be a good friend to the United States of America, and that's going to be a really big part of our economy but going forward into the future we need to be able to place some bets on some other options at the table."
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