The Canadian government is considering the possibility of developing a remote northern port in Hudson Bay as a conduit for exporting goods - natural gas, potash, canola and other commodities - as the country seeks to reduce its economic dependence on the United States, Bloomberg said.
The country's Energy Secretary, Tim Hodgson, told Bloomberg that he sees "tremendous potential" for Port Churchill (Manitoba) to become a much larger export centre, opening up new trade routes to Europe and other markets.
"I think there is an opportunity for Port Churchill to become a much more strategic port. "If you look at what the Russians do, they use their Arctic ports for most of the year," the Canadian minister said.
The idea of a northern port has the support of politicians in the resource-rich Western part of Canada, whose provinces are major exporters of oil, natural gas and agricultural products. products.
Skeptics, however, say that the implementation of this plan will take years and a lot of money, given that the port is iced up for most of the year.
Πo smokes the energy minister of Canada, the government is currently purchasing a new fleet of icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard, which They could also make the northern route year-round, thus ensuring a direct water route to Europe.