[cmrdporcupine]

I mean, for the first 100 yearsish of our existence we actively traded mostly with the "mother country" via shipping through the St Lawrence. Fur trade and then agriculture and forestry goods, etc. Our entire initial infrastructure from rail to canals was built for west -> east movement of goods.

The (over) emphasis on north south came a bit later. And certainly since the signing of the FTA it's been the most important thing.

Shipping to China from ports in Vancouver and to Europe from ports in the gulf of St Lawrence is actually quite strategically advantageous.

It's on us to push to develop this more.