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How a NAFTA rethink may affect Canada’s rail network

The impact on Canadian railways of protectionist U.S. tariffs could mean 'NAFTA corridor' roads and parallel rail lines would go quiet, writes Harry Gow.Photograph courtesy of Tony Hisgett

February 15, 2017

Brian Mulroney not only wrought havoc on Canadian railway passenger service with cuts in 1989-90, but he negotiated a very major trade deal, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He will be remembered for both, but the former “accomplishment” now seems to be more durable than the lat...

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