A roll of the dice': New report raises alarm over mounting federal debts as Ottawa seeks economic growth
Brisebois, who represents some 45,000 storefronts across Canada, says her members have seen shipping prices hiked by as much as 400 per cent during the pandemic, made worse by a global shortage of shipping containers. While those increases are due to temporary pandemic-related gaps in the supply chain, they also point to a deeper structural weakness in the country’s infrastructure network that has caused pressure points on Canadian commerce for decades, she said.
It’s a conversation that we should have been having months ago ... and it’s a conversation the government simply hasn’t been prepared to haveDepartment officials are deeply familiar with the issue, representatives said, but there has been a lack of political will over the years to push back against the more monopolistic aspects of Canada’s economy.
Mining companies have also struggled with shipping constraints, particularly for so-called “captive” shippers reliant on a single rail provider. The operations of Vancouver-based mining giant Teck Resources, the single-biggest shipper by rail in Canada, is entirely captive to CP, for example. Ottawa passed its Transportation and Modernization Act in 2018, which sought to elevate the powers of captive shippers and ease Canada’s railway constraints.
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