Canada pursues trade beyond U.S. after Democratic wins
Trade talks with Ottawa and the Trump administration will continue, according to LeBlanc.
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talks → pursue → LeBlanc
Canada will keep looking for trade partners outside the United States despite Democrats winning both chambers of Congress in this week's midterm election, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said.
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LeBlanc → keep → election
“That’s not going to change the work that we have to do in the next two weeks,” LeBlanc told reporters on Wednesday.
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LeBlanc → go → Wednesday
Trade talks with Ottawa and the Trump administration will continue, according to LeBlanc.
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talks → continue → LeBlanc
Like the United States, Canada’s stock market rallied then corrected this week.
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market → rally → States
Toronto’s benchmark stock index rose 809 points Wednesday, before losing 736 points Thursday.
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index → rise → points
In October 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney set a goal to double Canada’s non-American exports within a decade.
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Carney → set → decade
He said American tariffs threatened jobs and discouraged investment.
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tariffs → say → investment
Back in March, Transport Canada opened applications for a C$5 billion fund to help exporters reach new markets.
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exporters → open → markets
The program supports ports and rail lines, among other transportation projects.
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program → support → projects
That’s not the only taxpayer money Canada is spending to increase exports.
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Canada → ’ → exports
The C$750 million CANXPORT cargo hub in British Columbia opened in August.
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hub → open → August
Workers at the site move bulk goods from rail cars into containers for overseas shipment.
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Workers → move → shipment
The Canada Infrastructure Bank lent the project C$150 million.
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Bank → lend → million
Transport Canada gave the project nearly C$50 million through an older trade fund, and the British Columbian government provided C$25 million.
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government → give → million
Railroad CN participated in that project.
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CN → participate → project
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has promoted its own Canada-Mexico routes.
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City → promote → routes
Canadian Pacific merged with Kansas City Southern in 2023 to form CPKC.
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Pacific → merge → CPKC
It’s a single railroad linking Canada, the United States and Mexico.
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It → ’ → Canada
“We’ve become a land bridge across America,” CPKC CEO Keith Creel told The Globe and Mail last year.
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Creel → become → Globe
The railroad, which goes through the United States, connects Canadian and Mexican buyers.
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which → go → buyers
CPKC’s 2025-26 grain report said that despite trade uncertainty with the United States, Canada’s grain shipments to Mexico were growing.
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shipments → say → Mexico
“We are working with our customers and governments to explore opportunities to grow trade between the two countries,” Creel wrote.
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Creel → work → countries
In September 2025, CPK Chosted Carney at a Mexican grain terminal.
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CPK → choste → terminal
A CPKC train carried wheat from Manitoba about 3,200 miles to the site.
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train → carry → site
CPKC is one of the rail companies that oppose the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.
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that → oppose → merger
CPKC joined a coalition opposing the deal in the spring.
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CPKC → join → spring
In May, Creel worried that the merger would give one company control over roughly half of American freight rail traffic.
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merger → worry → traffic
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern say the deal would mean fewer transfers between carriers and save shippers about $3.5 billion annually.
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deal → say → billion
The Surface Transportation Board is reviewing that deal.
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Board → review → deal
Opening comments are due Nov. 18.
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comments → open → ?
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