New federal support for Churchill’s port could launch decades of investment in northern Manitoba, Premier Wab Kinew says.

Residents in the region say they hope the result is more people and more places to live.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said port infrastructure in the Hudson Bay community could top the list of Ottawa’s fast-tracked nation-building projects.

Carney provided few details but said more information would come in the next two weeks. He made the comments while in Europe, expanding agreements on energy and critical minerals.

In June, federal legislators passed Bill C-5, meant to expedite infrastructure projects determined to be of natural interest.

Kinew had pitched a trade corridor through the Port of Churchill as a federal-provincial partnership, opening a gate

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