Canadas Strategic Gateways and Trade Corridors

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Canadas Strategic Gateways and Trade
Corridors Russ Hiebert, Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and
the Minister of Western Economic
Diversification CSG West Anchorage, Alaska July
17, 2008
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Overview

• Canada-US Trade Relationship
• Economic Integration
• Canadas Policy Framework
• Leveraging Investments

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• The Canada-US
• Trade Relationship

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The United States is Canadas Largest Trading
Partner by far
Canada trades more with the U.S. than any other
country
Source Industry Canada, Trade Data Online
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Canada is the United States Largest Trading
Partner by Far
The U.S. trades more with Canada than with any
other countrymore with Canada than with all of
the E.U. countries combined
Source U.S. Census Bureau
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Western Canada Export Destinations, by US
Regions, 2007
The US West Region is western Canadas second
largest export destination.
Source Industry Canada, Trade Data Online (TDO)
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North American and Global Economic Integration
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Continental Integration
- Trade - Investment - Infrastructure -
Continental Supply Chains
North American Railway Networks
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Global Value Chains
Example Boeing 787 Aircraft
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Mean Growing Opportunities
Integrated trade and transportation systems are
critical assets.
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Canadas National Policy Framework for
Strategic Gateways and Trade Corridors
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Canadas Commitment to Infrastructure
the largest infrastructure development program
in this country in over half a century Prime
Minister Stephen Harper
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Priority Gateways Corridors
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Canadas Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridors Serve
North America
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Leveraging Gateway and Corridor Investments for
Economic Benefit in the West
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Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Our Mandate To promote the development and
diversification of the economy of Western Canada,
and to advance the interests of Western Canada in
national economic policy, program and project
development, and implementation.
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Port of Prince Rupert Container Terminal
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Mid- Continent Corridor
Port Alberta
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Maximizing Economic Benefits

• Capture/add value to goods moving through
  Gateways and Corridors

• Promote flows of services, capital and people

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Strong Partnerships Key to Success