Anything and everything about shipping through Churchill was subsidized, the bottom line is that it is now longer a viable port, look at the geography, how could it be!
Are you looking at a Mercator projection map? Churchill is closer to northern Europe including the UK than is Thunder Bay.
Would an all season road to Churchill be good for the economy? Or at least a winter road to send supplies especially during the polar bear season. I know a road is expensive. But would it take business away from the railroad?
AGT Food and Ingredients is part of the ownership group, so they must see potential in the Port for shipping pulses (lentils, peas, beans, etc) and other crops that they handle.
I would doubt that we would see oil shipments through Churchill given the politics of such things.
Would an all season road to Churchill be good for the economy? Or at least a winter road to send supplies especially during the polar bear season. I know a road is expensive. But would it take business away from the railroad?
if they did build a road to churchill it would be from giliam not thompson
IMO the port of Churchill and associated rail link is critical infrastructure that needs to be maintained - even if this maintenance happens during lean times or when money isn't being made.
We need to continue to take the long road approach with this port. It is far cheaper to maintain it, as compared to abandoning it and then starting from scratch years down the road.
I would even hazard the guess that if this port and rail line are abandoned, it will never make economic sense to ever rebuild them. Once it's gone, it's gone forever. But, as long as its there, there will always be the incentive to use it, or plan to use it - and that will ultimately be to Manitoba's advantage - even if we can't see that now.