Picadilly Mine

Yesterday was the last day for road salt coming out of the Picadilly mine in Sussex.

34 PotashCorp employees finished up, as will the province’s road salt coming from here.

The Cargill contract is done, and Windsor Salt out of Pugwash; Nova Scotia, will take over next winter.

Trump

The Financial Times has published what it says is the draft executive order that would have withdrawn the United States from the NAFTA accord.

U-S President Donald Trump had planned to sign the draft order on Saturday, before agreeing this week to renegotiate the trade deal.

The copy posted online says Canada has — quote — “continued to exploit the American dairy and lumber industries.”

The document also blames the North American Free Trade Agreement for what it calls a “massive transfer of wealth” away from the U-S.