One of the world’s biggest potash producers plans to ship south of the border to get its product to global markets. The plan isn’t sitting well in Ottawa, with the federal government pushing Saskatchewan-based Nutrien to change course.

Nutrien is pursuing the development of a new export facility at the Port of Longview, Wash. The company estimates the cost of the full build-out to total between US$500 million and $1 billion.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe weighed in on the company’s plans on Monday.

Moe believes B.C. Premier David Eby is partly to blame for the company’s decision to focus outside of Canada.

“We need to be a welcoming environment, we need to drop some of the political rhetoric coming out of B.C,” Moe said. “In fairness, that has already cost us the investment of one por

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