NL-Outsidethebox [confederation]

First of the term Atlantic Gateway doesn't exist in Ottawa unless of course you consider the Saint Lawrence SeaWay and the ports of Toronto and Montreal as the gateway.

Foresaken is the term that comes to my mind when I think of Canada's economic interests in Atlantic Canada. The worse thing that ever happened to Atlantic Canada was that Saint Lawrence SeaWay SLSW, and we as Atlantic Canadians helped pay for our own demise. We helped the Kingdome of Ontario turn us into a colonies to be used and abused as Ontario saw fit.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/majorissues/PacificGateway/menu.htm

http://www.aims.ca/atlantica.asp?typeID=5&id=1282&fd=0&p=1

The only bright hope on the horizon is the prospect that container ships are getting bigger and bigger and won't be able to bypass Atlantica in the SLSW as has been the practice of the past.