Manitoba premier promotes more interprovincial trade, possible energy corridor / The Toronto Star
Friday, June 6, 2025, 1:21 pm
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has unveiled a new interprovincial trade agreement aimed at dismantling barriers with British Columbia while promoting a northern energy corridor initiative. The proposal is intended to boost regional trade and stimulate economic growth through streamlined commerce and strategic infrastructure improvements.
A trade corridor could ship Manitoba’s hydroelectricity to other Prairie provinces, Kinew said, and a pipeline heading east is also a possibility
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promoted his province Friday as the route for a future trade corridor, which could include a pipeline, in order to get goods from Western Canada to overseas markets. “The politics are (that) something needs to get built in Western Canada. I think everybody understands…
Kinew told the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce that his government is finalizing a memorandum with British Columbia to cut trade barriers between the two provinces.
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew has announced another interprovincial trade deal, and has promoted plans for a northern energy corridor that could include a pipeline.
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