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Canadian Pacific Railway, transcontinental transportation system in Canada and extending into the United States, privately owned and operated. The construction of a railroad crossing the continent in Canadian territory was one of the conditions on which British Columbia entered the confederation in 1871. After many difficulties and a political scandal, intensive work began in 1880. The main line from Montreal to the Pacific coast was completed in 1885. The company subsequently developed into a conglomerate, Canadian Pacific Ltd., with holdings encompassing shipping, petroleum, coal, and hotels and real estate in addition to rail lines.
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No references found | However, between Chapleau and Sudbury, the cables are buried underground along the old CP Rail bed. She is the product of parents--a nurse and a CP Rail employee--who did not, in their professional lives, exhibit the traditional risk-taker characteristics of business owners. The newspaper cited an internal memo in which CP Rail executive Fred Green explains the need to "get this winning franchise back on track" by "focusing on containing costs on all fronts, in tough ways. |
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