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Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
The Senate passed S. 1808, the Northern Border Security Review Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.). The bill would require the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct a comprehensive examination of the current resources and personnel levels, and to fully evaluate security threats and challenges at the border.
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RailwayAge
President-elect Donald Trump has named Elaine Chao as his choice for U.S. Transportation Secretary. Chao is a former Deputy Transportation Secretary and a former Labor Secretary, and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) since 1993.
Chao served as Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 through 2009, the longest tenure in the position since World War II and the only Bush Cabinet member to serve all eight years of his Presidency.
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iPolitics
The federal government approved two major oil pipelines but dismissed a third.
Making one of the biggest decisions of his year-old mandate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved Kinder Morgan's $6.8-billion Trans Mountain project and Enbridge Inc.'s $4.8 billion Line 3 pipeline. Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline was dismissed because of its impact on the Great Bear Rainforest along the British Columbia northern coast.
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Gowling Wlg
It's no surprise that the death of Fidel Castro has been heralded as an enormously political event with deep historic symbolism. However, it's not reasonable to expect this event to be a watershed moment that will throw Cuba off its course of liberalization of trade and investment that has been the hallmark of the government's plan over the past 10 years.
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RailwayAge
The phase-out of coal for electricity generation announced by Canada's greenish Liberal government Nov. 21 will have no impact on the country's Class I railways. That's because nearly all of CN and Canadian Pacific steam coal haulage originates and terminates within the U.S.
CN and CP's coal haulage businesses are almost entirely driven by overseas demand for steel-making metallurgical coal. That market has improved substantially over the past few weeks after several years of slumping demand from China.
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Canadian Shipper
CQFA Chicoutimi College of Aviation has announced a partnership with Quest Rare Minerals (Quebec), Straightline Aviation (United Kingdom) and Hybrid Enterprises (United States) to train and certify hybrid airship pilots to transport rare minerals in Northern Quebec.
The project will eventually see seven hybrid airships operating a shuttle between Quest's mine at Strange Lake Complex (Northern Quebec) and Schefferville, expecting to carry up to 200 000 metric tons of minerals annually.
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RailwayAge
Canada's federal government has begun a search for a new chairperson for VIA Rail Canada. Two Ontario-based passenger rail advocacy groups — All Aboard St. Marys and Transport Action Ontario — regard this as "cause for guarded optimism" and are endorsing a prospective candidate, as well as another candidate to fill a soon-expiring board post.
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Progressive Railroading
Supply chain collaboration was one of the hallmarks of Claude Mongeau's more-than-six-year stint as president and chief executive officer of CN. Under his direction, the railroad placed a strong focus on improving relationships with supply chain partners to boost overall efficiency.
With Mongeau at the helm, CN also invested in the railroad for the long term in order to "raise the bar on efficiency and customer service," as he put it earlier this year.
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Materials Management & Distributions
Canada's two largest railways have settled a legal dispute that erupted after an employee moved from one rival to the other, allegedly taking confidential information with him.
Montreal-based Canadian National Railway Co. says rival Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. agreed to pay $25 million to settle the case, and agreed it wouldn't hire certain CN employees until Dec. 31, 2018.
Calgary-based CP says the settlement doesn't admit liability on the part of the company.
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RailwayAge
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Nov. 23 that for the week ending Nov. 19, 2016, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 547,804 carloads and intermodal units, up 2.8 percent compared with the same week last year.
Total carloads for the week ending November 19 were 271,420 carloads, up 1.3 percent compared with the same week in 2015, while U.S. weekly intermodal volume was 276,384 containers and trailers, up 4.4 percent compared to 2015.
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Truck News
The Canadian Trucking Alliance's white paper on Phase II GHG which outlined the Alliance's SMART Plan for Green Trucking is guiding government action, the alliance said.
Transport Canada's latest efforts, in co-operation with Environment and Climate Change Canada, will focus on the availability, performance and market trends in Canada for advanced tire technologies, such as wide single tires and low rolling resistance dual tires.
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Trucks.com
Autonomous vehicle technology will penetrate all aspects of the trucking industry, and self-driving trucks will dramatically change its business model, according to a report from the American Transportation Research Institute, or ATRI.
The study, "Identifying Autonomous Vehicle Technology Impacts on the Trucking Industry," published by the trucking industry's research arm, said self-driving truck technology is advancing rapidly and will start to change the responsibilities of truck drivers.
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Canadian Shipper
This New Year will usher in a new carbon pricing policy in Ontario, setting the stage for diesel price increases of up to five cents a litre over the current average wholesale rack price for 2016, the Ontario Trucking Association advises.
The anticipated price increase slated to take effect Jan. 1 would be consistent with the impact of carbon pricing on diesel prices in Quebec and with forecasts previously made by Premier Wynne.
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Truck News
Toronto Mayor John Tory announced at the Toronto Region Board of Trade that he is endorsing a plan to introduce road tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and the Don Valley Parkway.
Tory said a road toll of $2 on the highways would help the city generate an extra $200 million every year, while easing congestion and helping to build more transit projects.
"Tolls are paid in cities around the world," he assured.
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Materials Management & Distribution
Drone Delivery Canada is working with Staples to collaborate and explore the feasibility of developing, implementing and commercializing a drone delivery logistics platform for Staples' commercial requirements nationwide in Canada.
"This agreement with Staples is potentially transformational for us as a company," said Tony Di Benedetto, CEO of Drone Delivery Canada.
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Greatlakes-Seaway.com
Mariners are reminded that there is always a possibility that severe climatic conditions may occur during the closing period. Should this happen, there is a chance that the dates outlined below, for the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section or the Welland Canal, may change.
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American Journal of Transportation
A new terminal in the Viau sector of the Port of Montreal inaugurated Friday, Nov 18, boosts the port's handling capacity by 350,000 TEUs as Canada's second largest port after Vancouver positions itself for increased global trade with North Atlantic shipping a key target.
Termont Montreal Inc., the terminal operator, is part of Logistec Corporation's extensive network on the East Coast of North America.
"The new Viau terminal will have a considerable impact!" said Sylvie Vachon, president and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority.
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The Globe and Mail
The planned EU-Canada free-trade deal cleared a hurdle to its implementation next year when the European Parliament rejected a motion to ask the top European Union court to rule on its legality.
The vote by lawmakers in the parliament is an indication they will also ultimately back the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) itself, allowing it partially to enter force early in 2017.
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Canadian Shipper
Canada should turn its attention to Japan after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump hammered the last nails into the Trans-Pacific Partnership's coffin recently.
Trump said in a video posted to YouTube he will immediately withdraw from the 12-country trade agreement once he takes office.
The deal, negotiated for seven years, included Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other Asia-Pacific partners.
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