Premier Ford’s James Bay deep-sea port plan faces backlash over feasibility, lack of Indigenous input – CBC

Jun 25, 2025

Critics call deep-sea port proposal vague and impractical, Ford’s office says it’s in ‘early stages’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is seeking Prime Minister Mark Carney’s support for his idea to build a deep-sea port on James Bay, but critics argue the proposal is unrealistic and are condemning the lack of Indigenous consultation.

At a meeting in March, Carney asked premiers to identify “nation-building projects.”  In May, Ford penned a letter to Carney, outlining the projects he wants the federal government to prioritize and believes would be “transformational for Canada’s economy.”

As well as a new deep-sea port, those project ideas include accessing critical minerals in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, creating new nuclear power plants, expanding the GO Transit Network and developing a tunnel under Highway 401 through Toronto.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/james-bay-deep-sea-port-idea-critics-1.7569455