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Today’s must-read
More than half of Canadians support expanding the Port of Churchill, although the proposed mega-project faces environmental concerns and a lack of public awareness outside Manitoba, a new poll suggests.
Probe Research said 52 per cent of survey respondents strongly or somewhat support the proposal, 39 per cent are unsure, and nine per cent strongly or somewhat oppose it.
“People broadly are supportive of it in a pretty general sense, and they see the need for it just based on kind of where they country is at right now,” said Curtis Brown, a partner with the Winnipeg-based polling firm.
“The one thing to keep in mind is that can always change, if some of those who are unsure flip into the ‘opposed’ category.” Chris Kitching has the story.
The rail line and Via station in Churchill (John Woods / The Canadian Press files)
On this date
On April 21, 1932: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa during a House of Commons budget debate, Quebec MP J.T. Hackett proposed that the operations of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Canadian National Railway should be pooled, with a resulting savings of $80 million annually. In Winnipeg, relief for workers affected by the layoffs at the Fort Rouge shops of the CNR would be provided by the city.
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