Speak Up for Open Market Access

Trigon is confident in its ability to build and operate the Trigon Pacific LPG project quickly and at a competitive cost. We are eager to advance this significant investment to deliver improved market access for Canadian exporters.

Yet the Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) is blocking our path with an unfair, anti-competitive monopoly.

The PRPA insists that a competing proposal be given exclusive rights to handle all LPG exports through Canada’s third-largest port. We believe that this violates the terms of our lease and have been left no other option than to pursue this in the courts.

What you need to know:

• The purported grant of exclusivity was not previously disclosed to Trigon when our owners bought the terminal. It is a secret insider deal, and the PRPA continues to refuse to release specifics.
• Any exclusivity runs against the widely recognized need for more competition in the Canadian economy, and hurts Canadian exporters and their valued Asia-Pacific customers. This is particularly pressing with the potential for U.S. trade tariffs that will significantly harm our economy.
• It is entirely inappropriate for a federal entity such as a port authority to pick ‘winners’, rather than focusing on growing Canadian trade.
• The PRPA is undermining Trigon’s efforts to diversify and to safeguard local jobs.