Toro Toro:
Finally, what never made sense to me was was it would be extended to Winnipeg?
It makes sense, if you remember the new container terminal in Prince Rupert, and increased containers in Churchill. Winnipeg is at the other end of Highway 16 from Prince Rupert, and there is a large push to make the North West Trade Corridor a 'player'.
http://www.nwcorridor.com/Add to that the Ontairo/Quebec trade corridor announcements:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/mediaroom/releases/ ... -h141e.htmand the Atlantic Gateway announcements:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/0712 ... miers_meetThat makes Winnipeg the centre for container traffic from both Asia and Europe. All 3 coasts will be linked to the US and Mexico.
Toro Toro:
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Being a 'theory' doesn't make it false. Having proof no longer makes it a 'theory', but 'real'.
Toro Toro:
Major distribution nodes in transportation networks generally are not built in sparsely populated areas.
So, Churchill MB and Prince Rupert BC are major metropolitan areas?