Kinew presses Carney on Hudson’s Bay corridor as Prairie discontent simmers

https://www.westernstandard.news/alberta/kinew-presses-carney-on-hudsons-bay-corridor-as-prairie-discontent-simmers/64627

The “Costco of critical minerals.”

That’s how Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is describing his province to newly-elected Prime Minister Mark Carney as he pushes for a new deepwater port on Hudson’s Bay.

In a letter following the PM’s visit to US president Donald Trump, Kinew urged Carney to move swiftly on establishing a national critical minerals and energy corridor — framing the project as a linchpin for national unity and a test of Carney’s promise to make Canada an “energy superpower” in a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape.

In the letter, Kinew positioned the corridor not just as a nation-building infrastructure initiative but as a strategic counter to Canada’s growing economic dependence on the United States and the unpredictability of Donald Trump’s “America First” trade agenda. "Continue…''