Port-Ability
As a gateway to North America for world container traffic, the port of Halifax is dying a slow, lingering death. For the past ten years, its share of the North Atlantic market has stagnated. This stagnation has been caused by a failure to achieve real privatization in port governance. Despite supposed efforts at commercialization of ports in Canada, the federal government retains strict centralized control on ports and port policy. This is a drag on innovation, efficiency, and investment.