When Prime Minister Mark Carney and his energy minister, Tim Hodgson, flew to Berlin at the end of August, their ostensible purpose was to announce a “ new partnership with Germany on critical minerals and energy .” On paper, the trip was a trade mission with modest immediate results (three deals between Canadian mining companies and German industries). More significantly, it provided an opportunity to tell Canadians about the first two major projects likely to be chosen under Bill C-5, the Building Canada Act.

The two major projects Carney and Hodgson teased are a pair of port expansions: one at Montreal’s Contracouer, and the second in northern Manitoba at the Port of Churchill.

The Port of Churchill got the most attention. Perched on the edge of Hudson Bay, it has long been a ta

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