Steven MacKinnon visited the province to mark the completion of $247 million in upgrades to Port Saint John infrastructure, which he said is critical to meeting the prime minister’s goal of doubling trade with countries apart from the U.S.
Steven MacKinnon visited N.B. to mark completion of $247 million in upgrades to Port Saint John infrastructure
Mark Leger · CBC News
· Posted: Jan 13, 2026 8:01 PM EST | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Port Saint John has added infrastructure like new cranes as part of the $250-million modernization project. (Mark Leger/CBC)
The growth of Port Saint John is critical to meeting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s objective of greatly increasing trade outside the U.S., the federal trade minister said in a visit to Saint John on Tuesday to mark the completion of nearly $250 million of work to improve port infrastructure.
“It’s a coastal port. It’s the third largest port [in Canada] in terms of tonnage,” said Steven MacKinnon. “We cannot plausibly say we’re going to double our non-U.S. trade without better links to the rest of the world.
“Saint John offers so many key advantages.
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