New Brunswick premier sends Carney letter outlining priorities, wish list – New Brunswick [Video]

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has written to the newly elected prime minister calling for urgent action to develop national trade and resource corridors to provide an alternative to commerce with the United States.

“Trade and resource corridors are urgently needed to move goods and resources across the country,” Holt said in the letter dated Thursday.

“As Canada’s most trade-oriented province, New Brunswick needs unimpeded access to markets across Canada, and the rest of Canada needs full access to New Brunswick’s seaports.”

Mark Carney, whose Liberals won a minority government in Monday’s federal election, promised during the campaign to create a $5-billion fund to accelerate port, railway, inland terminal, airport and highway projects.

Since U.S. President Donald Trump first threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, the premiers and federal government have been working to tear down interprovincial trade barriers and expand international markets.

However, when asked for a timeline …