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Once an economic hinge connecting a young Canada from east to west, Thunder Bay is again finding itself at the center of a national effort to strengthen the country’s economic independence. As head of the local Chamber of Commerce, Charla Robinson attends her share of ribbon cuttings and mundane company announcements in Thunder Bay, a Canadian city of more than 100,000 on the western shore of Lake Superior. But at one such event in September, she cried. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had come to the Alstom manufacturing plant on the edge of town to announce a new deal: Thunder Bay would be part of a national project to build a new fleet of Canadian passenger railcars. For more than 20 years, Ms. Robinson had been pushing, in one form or another, for a Canadian-built rail project at the sprawling plant, one that manufactured Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during World War II. Now, thanks in part to a rupture between Canada and the United States, she will finally see it happen. “The surprise was we’re building it in Canada, all the way through. That was like, holy smokes. We’re finally doing it,” she says. “Properly.”There is something fitting about that happening here.

PoliticsPrime Minister Mark Carney appealed to common values between Europe and Canada when proposing a closer alliance. Some experts warn those values may soon no longer be as closely shared by the governments of key partners like France and Germany. EU's 2 largest member states see growing pushback to the union at homeJennifer Yoon · CBC News · Posted: Sep 30, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 1Listen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Some far-right parties in Europe are aligned with U. S. President Donald Trump — and as Canada diversifies its trade partners away from the U. S., political scientists are warning Prime Minister Mark Carney should stay agile and avoid becoming too dependent on any one partner. (Yves Herman/Reuters)Prime Minister Mark Carney appealed to common values like democracy and reliability when he called for deeper trade and defence ties at the European Parliament earlier this month.

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