We all have our biases, of course, but we should keep in mind that whats good for the region is good us all........we should also encourage and capitalize on the strengths that various parts of the region have. Yes, NS has more offshore resources than NB; that being said, the natural place to process or transport those resources to/through would be NB as opposed to investing billions of dollars into refining operations in NS. As for some of the posts questioning the Saint-John-as-an-energy-hub idea; frankly, the reality is that Saint John is rapidly positioning itself as the hub in our region. There is nowhere else in our region that has the energy project scale/diversity/potential (nuclear, lng terminal, pipeline, a very distinct possibility of harnessing tidal energy/wind energy, the coleson cove generating station, etc, etc, etc) as the Saint John region.
For those who are arguing that perhaps Halifax should also be developed as a co-energy hub, then by the same logic, Saint John's port should perhaps be massively expanded to allow it to handle more cargo tonnage on the scale of Halifax's . . . . which is of course ridiculous! I think that Saint John's port should be used to it's fullest capacity, with upgrades to rail/highway systems....but in terms of tonnage, Saint John's strength lies in it's ability to move liquid (i.e., petroleum) product, and perhaps the rapidly growing cruise ship business which is on par next year with Halifax's numbers. Moncton is well positioned to benefit / add / capitalize not only on projects occuring east or west of it, but on it's own local projects . . . .the concept of an "inland port" i think is a good one.
We accomplish more working together than infighting and bickering.
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