"Vancouver sucks up a lot of the oxygen in the atmosphere as it is."— NDP Member of Parliament Nathan Cullen
In the always suspicious towns and cities of the Northwest, their Federal representative seems to have his finger on the pulse of the voters most conspiracy tainted thoughts.
Nathan Cullen, the Member of Parliament for Bulkley Valley-Skeena has added his voice to the nay column, when it comes to calls to merge the Port of Prince Rupert with the recently combined ports of Vancouver.
CFTK TV 7, reports that Cullen during the course of a media scrum today suggested that Port of Prince Rupert can stand on its own and do very well.
He was responding to the details of a report delivered in late January to Trade Minister David Emerson which provided a number of soon to be controversial options, including the merger of all ports in British Columbia under one banner.
For the Northwest, the thought of the local Port Authority being forced into a merger with the Vancouver ports is a non starter for the most part, ever suspicious that the folks in the southern reaches may not always have our best interests at heart.
It’s perhaps the easiest bit of politicking there is, with virtually no downside to coming out in favour of the home side.
Port Merger Panned
CFTK TV 7
Thursday, February 7, 2008 6:13 PM
Local News
The Northwest's Member of Parliament says the Port of Prince Rupert can stand on its own and do very well.
Nathan Cullen opposes the notion put forward in a recent report that Prince Rupert's port authority should be merged with Vancouver's.
"The idea of merging with Vancouver would I believe push many of the interests of the Northwest to the side," said the New Democrat during a weekly media scrum today. "Vancouver sucks up a lot of the oxygen in the atmosphere as it is."
Three advisors, including Prince Rupert Grain President Jeff Burghardt, called for the merger in a report to Trade Minister David Emerson last month.
The report also recommends development of container capacity in Prince Rupert before further investments in Vancouver, and numerous other changes to port governance, labour arrangements and railways it says would make Canada's Pacific Gateway trade with Asia more competitive.
In the always suspicious towns and cities of the Northwest, their Federal representative seems to have his finger on the pulse of the voters most conspiracy tainted thoughts.
Nathan Cullen, the Member of Parliament for Bulkley Valley-Skeena has added his voice to the nay column, when it comes to calls to merge the Port of Prince Rupert with the recently combined ports of Vancouver.
CFTK TV 7, reports that Cullen during the course of a media scrum today suggested that Port of Prince Rupert can stand on its own and do very well.
He was responding to the details of a report delivered in late January to Trade Minister David Emerson which provided a number of soon to be controversial options, including the merger of all ports in British Columbia under one banner.
For the Northwest, the thought of the local Port Authority being forced into a merger with the Vancouver ports is a non starter for the most part, ever suspicious that the folks in the southern reaches may not always have our best interests at heart.
It’s perhaps the easiest bit of politicking there is, with virtually no downside to coming out in favour of the home side.
Port Merger Panned
CFTK TV 7
Thursday, February 7, 2008 6:13 PM
Local News
The Northwest's Member of Parliament says the Port of Prince Rupert can stand on its own and do very well.
Nathan Cullen opposes the notion put forward in a recent report that Prince Rupert's port authority should be merged with Vancouver's.
"The idea of merging with Vancouver would I believe push many of the interests of the Northwest to the side," said the New Democrat during a weekly media scrum today. "Vancouver sucks up a lot of the oxygen in the atmosphere as it is."
Three advisors, including Prince Rupert Grain President Jeff Burghardt, called for the merger in a report to Trade Minister David Emerson last month.
The report also recommends development of container capacity in Prince Rupert before further investments in Vancouver, and numerous other changes to port governance, labour arrangements and railways it says would make Canada's Pacific Gateway trade with Asia more competitive.
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