An efficient and reliable transportation system is essential to making life more affordable for Canadians and to combat the rising cost of living.

“Canadian exporters rely on a strong supply chain. This investment will help reduce delays and bottlenecks while transferring agricultural products from one mode of transportation to another, ensuring Canada’s products reach global markets efficiently. It will also help grow our economy and create good, middle-class jobs."

The Honourable Omar Alghabra
Minister of Transport

“The reliability of Canada’s transportation infrastructure and the efficiency of the country’s trade corridors are key to the success of Canadian companies in the global marketplace. This investment will help improve rail capacity and speed up the transloading of products, while creating jobs for the local economy, here in Surrey.”

Sukh Dhaliwal
Member of Parliament, Surrey—Newton

“Strengthening our supply chains is integral in making sure Canada’s products reach the global market effectively. We are pleased to work with our partners to provide the National Trade Corridors Funding, which will aid in expanding infrastructure and capacity. In doing so, the process of transferring agricultural products between different modes of transportation will be more efficient. The reliability of Canada’s transportation relies on this efficiency, and is the key to success of Canadian companies in the global marketplace”

Randeep Sarai
Member of Parliament for Surrey Centre.

“The National Trade Corridor Fund will enable Global Agriculture Transloading (GATL) to double current transload exports of agricultural goods from 750,000 to 1.5 million tonnes of goods within their existing facility site, allowing it to facilitate $1 billion in exports per year. As the Canadian government has recognized, the GATL Expansion Project will alleviate bottlenecks along export routes, decreasing costs and makes Canadian products more competitive abroad.  This project will make GATL an even more valuable connection point between Canadian specialty agriculture export supply chain and rapidly expanding Indo-Pacific and South American markets."

Johnny Sangha
CEO, Global Agriculture Transloading Inc.

• The Government of Canada, through the National Trade Corridors Fund, is making investments that will support the flow of goods across Canada's supply chains.

• The National Trade Corridors Fund is a competitive, merit-based program designed to help infrastructure owners and users invest in the critical transportation assets that support economic activity in Canada. A total of $4.7 billion over 11 years (2017-2028) has been allocated to the program.

• Through the National Trade Corridors Fund, Transport Canada is supporting improvements to Canada’s roads, rail, air, and marine shipping routes to foster domestic and international trade.

• The National Trade Corridors Fund’s Increasing the Fluidity of Canada’s Supply Chains call for proposals supports fluid and reliable trade flows between Canada and global markets, as well as internal trade corridors.

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• National Trade Corridors Fund Backgrounder

Nadine Ramadan
Press Secretary and Communications Advisor
Office of the Honourable Omar Alghabra 
Minister of Transport, Ottawa
Nadine.Ramadan@tc.gc.ca

Media Relations 
Transport Canada, Ottawa 
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