Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says he used a first ministers meeting in Ottawa to push forward key provincial priorities, including expanded Arctic shipping through the Port of Churchill. “Our specific ask today was to move the feasibly study through Transport Canada process and put pen to paper,” said Kinew. “A good day, a lot of common ground with the premiers and a very united Team Canada,” Kinew said. Another priority raised at the meeting was the Manitoba Crown Indigenous Corporation, which Kinew says is now taking shape, highlighting talks around federal capacity building dollars. Overall, Kinew described the meeting as productive and said he was encouraged by the prime minister’s response to Manitoba’s priorities.