Manitoba as North America's main port?

Foreign trade zone takes advantage of existing laws to promote Winnipeg

Published November 18, 2009

Right now, CentrePort Canada is just a vision, a massive empty lot near the Winnipeg airport. But the province of Manitoba hopes a 20,000-acre area of the city, marketed as Canada's first-ever foreign trade zone, will one day become one of North America's most thriving manufacturing, processing, shipping and logistics hubs.

Yet while the province is buzzing about CentrePort's prospects of becoming a key...

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