By Steve Lambert Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew expressed an openness Tuesday to a potential second port on Hudson Bay as a tool to help ramp up trade with Europe amid trade disputes with the United States. It was the clearest sign to date that Kinew’s NDP government, elected in 2023, is ready to consider a long-term project to add shipping capacity away from the existing Port of Churchill, where the shipping season is limited to summer and the local economy depends on ecological tourism. “I would say post-Trump, we’re open to that and to all options, and that a balancing consideration between growing our economy by accessing tidewater in Manitoba while protecting our environment — belugas, polar bears — is super important to get right.” Kinew told reporters following a…
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