Canada's Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor offers users
an unrivalled edge for international business:
It's faster, more reliable and cost-effective.
The Canadian government is working with its provinces,
municipalities and business communities through
an aggressive national strategy to make Canada's Pacific
Gateway a premier option for international businesses
and investors.
Thanks to this unprecedented public-private partnership,
Canada's extensive and efficient trade corridors are
already in place and thriving.
Canada offers fast, easy access between North American
and Asian markets.
Canada's Pacific Gateway and key Corridors provide
the quickest route linking Asia and North America.
The port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia,
is the closest major North American
container port to Shanghai.
Prince Rupert is sixty hours and more than a thousand
nautical miles closer than other West Coast ports.
New port capacity continues to come on line -
capacity that will increase Canada's Pacific Gateway's
role in trans-pacific commerce.
Many major US markets are just a short drive
from Canadian ports and urban centres.
Canada also boasts a world-class and constantly
growing railway system.
Projects like the Roberts Bank Rail Corridor will enhance
capacity to address the growing demands
of expanded trade between North America and Asia.
Canada's airports are the first stop on polar routes
from Asia to North America, which allows cargo operators
to shave flight time and fuel on their journeys.
The airports are linked to key trade corridors to bring goods
to the heartland of North America.
Some airports are less than two hours away
from the US border, some are as close as a thirty minute drive.
Canada's well-coordinated transportation security,
border management and emergency management programs
ensure goods get to their destination safely and securely.
These include a number of joint programs with the US
where we cooperate to improve the flow of shipments between
the two countries, and protect shipments from disruption.
Access to US markets is being continually improved
through major road and rail development projects
in Western Canada, and expansion projects
in the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert.
Canada efficiently links the North American marketplace
to the major Asian economies of China, Korea,
Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan and many more.
And Canada's Pacific Gateway provides a faster,
more reliable and cost-effective choice.
It's Canada's Competitive Advantage.