News / Jilted CP in new bid to see rival suitor's merger with US railroad hits the buffers

Canadian National may have won 400 more letters of support for its pending tie-up with Kansas City Southern but it has not dented its domestic rival claiming there is growing opposition to the deal.

Canadian Pacific (CP), which had a merger deal with KCS agreed before the US railway changed its mind and opted for CN, claimed some 130 stakeholders had filed statements to the US Surface Transportation Board (STB) requesting it reject CN’s proposed voting trust.

“This brings letters submitted to ...