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Originally Posted by RTD
I wonder how Winnipeg's Centreport Canada will affects Calgary's chances at becoming a distribution hub on the Prairies and central North America, or vice versa. Regina too is vying for this title with their Global Transportation Hub initiative.
Looks like there will be some good competition between all cities.
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I'm not too concerned by Winnipeg, the big companies are already putting their support behind Calgary.
UPS just finished with their new facility at the airport, Walmart and Loblaws continually expand their DC centres here. We have both CP and CN rail lines, and an airport that is more than capable or handling inter-continental cargo flights (and will be even more capable with the parallel runway). Plus our close proximity to the port of Vancouver verus the other two you mentioned.
Now I don't mean to sound overconfident, but the steps are already being taken to ensure we remain at the forefront of this.