Canada Update: Welcome Mark Carney & A Two-Ocean Prairie Canal to Heal the Prairie Rift and Future-Proof Canada’s Economy
Dear Right Honourable Prime Minister Mark Carney,
Congratulations on sticking to your values through an at times intense campaign season, it was particularly impressive how when another party had a good idea, you rose above partisanship and implemented the idea for the benefit of Canadians, now lets move forward with those values as nation. Your book "Values" is quite impressive, and clearly written by someone of high IQ, at least in the 120s (Genius Leader/Nobel Prize level), it is refreshing to think we are to have a genuinely intelligent Prime Minister in Canada.
The Minority result is the best result for Canadians, as it helps the ruling party maintain humility and collaborate with the other parties that represent distinct yet valid voices of their constituents. My hope is that we may find a middle ground between the uniparty agreement of O'Toole and unconditional defiance of Pierre vs Trudeau of the preceding parliaments, to instead where MPs are allowed to voice the good ideas they are hearing from their constituents, and have a good chance of the executive branch (you) implementing them, so we may build a "better world for all".
While the PC and NDP may need some time to regroup, and Trump's attention is elsewhere, domestically our top concern is national unity with the prairies, particularly Alberta. The simplest of their demands is representation based on population in the house and the senate, though those changes can be begun during the coming session, they can only be implemented after a future election. There are other unifying projects we can undertake for national unity meanwhile.
The Prairies face a double deadline: crude reserves are finite, and communities must ruralize themselves before high EROI oil runs low. Meanwhile, you have placed climate considerations at the heart of federal policy. One project embraces both realities — a two-ocean ship-canal system that gives Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba low-cost export capacity today while laying the water-borne infrastructure their economies will need in a post-petroleum era.
What this corridor would bring
| Corridor piece | Key gains (rounded) |
|---|---|
| Prairie → Great Lakes (Rainy–Winnipeg–Nelson) | • ≈ 280 000 permanent jobs and C $50 bn/yr GDP when 30 Mt flows (scaled from St-Lawrence data) • Saves shippers ≈ C $2 bn/yr vs. rail (water ≈ C 1 ¢ t-km; rail ≈ C 4 ¢ t-km) |
| Prairie → Pacific (Fraser Basin) | • Diversifies markets, cuts Asia transit by > 4 000 km • Capital likely similar to eastern reach (≈ C $30 – 40 bn) but can attract co-investment; Chinese lenders have signalled interest in Canadian BRI-aligned infrastructurePolicy OptionsWestern Investor |
| Clean-power bonus | Nelson cascade already yields 5.7 GW; lock-coupled turbines could add hundreds of MW |
| Future-proof exports | Potash, grain, hydrogen, ammonia and containers share the tow; solid-bitumen pellets stay viable without heated pipes |
| Climate credibility without new carbon taxes | Each 10 Mt shifted from rail/truck cuts ≈ 0.7 Mt CO₂e / yr |
| Federal jurisdiction, Prairie fairness | Navigation works fall under s.92(10)(a); no provincial veto can stall the timetable |
Cost note: Historical analogues put the eastern reach at C $30 – 45 bn; extending through the Fraser Basin would require similar outlay, but a Pacific outlet greatly expands revenue and risk-shares funding. The 1960s NAWAPA studies even envisaged a Vancouver-to-Great-Lakes navigation chain, confirming basic feasibility.
A Throne-Speech-calibre commitment
Prairie–Great Lakes–Pacific Nation-Building Waterway Initiative
- Order-in-Council — create a Two-Ocean Waterway Task Force co-chaired by Transport Canada, NRCan, and the Premiers of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia, alongside Treaty 1/2/3/5/9 and Coast Salish leadership.
- Two-year Class 3 engineering & business-case program — fully funded in Budget 2026, modelled on the 1950s Seaway Joint Board, to deliver route options, lock-plus-hydro concepts, Pacific-terminal siting, climate impacts and Indigenous-partnership frameworks.
- Transparent town-hall series across the Prairies, Great Lakes and Fraser Basin to build the “public understanding” and “solidarity” your book Value(s) calls essential.
Why act now
- A century-class, two-ocean asset overtakes one-time transfer programs (Crystia's 60 billion "Housing" rent transfer payments created no assets).
- It secures Prairie market access, buffers rural transition beyond oil, and deepens trade ties to both Atlantic and Pacific partners.
- China has already floated Belt-and-Road participation in Canadian infrastructure, supplying low-cost capital where mutual interests align.Policy OptionsEast Asia Forum
I would be grateful for the chance to brief your office on the preliminary numbers and route concepts behind this proposal, and likewise to share them with the Premiers whose provinces stand to benefit most. Can see map below, of the blue existing rivers, green existing canals, and red where connections have yet to be made for a three ocean canal system:
Thank you for considering how a two-ocean canal can transform Prairie frustration into a shared Canadian achievement.
In your book "Values", I especially resonates with your section on "Values Based Leadership". While you may not be ruling by "divine right", keep up that meditation routine, for it is where the divine has a chance to counsel you. Remember to test the spirits in the name of whatever you deem to be most divine, be that Pope Francis, Jesus or otherwise in your life. The Holy Spirit always urges forgiveness, love, kindness and respect for free will.
As the Confederation of Planets has said:
2005-06-18
“Those who neglect careful tuning and clear challenging invite fear-oriented messages; therefore an instrument must know precisely who it is and challenge in the name of that for which it lives.”
2005-03-30
“When an instrument challenges spirits in the name of unconditional love, it lifts itself above all concern for self and stands solely to share the love and light of the One Infinite Creator.”
1987-12-09
“See yourself as one who stands passionately for the highest principle within your mind and heart; out of the centre of that commitment the challenge is made, and when the challenges are complete, the instrument’s true work may begin.”
1969-06-21
“At that point we would suggest that you consider deeply and take into prayer and meditation the possibility of being the one who makes the compassionate change, not closing doors, but opening them, finding a situation that will be better than the one that exists at this time.”
May you be blessed,
Andrii Zvorygin,
