April railway loadings -10% YOY,........>

CANADA DATA: April railway loadings -10% YOY, though only biggest fall in 5y

(excluding a railway strike), suggesting less damage from Covid-19. This was

first month of decline reflecting Covid.

- Autos -91%, iron ore -20% and petroleum -34%, and lumber -25%, though canola

+18% and potash +12%. 

- "This gain in agricultural product loadings may be related to the fact that

agricultural and agri-food operations were deemed an essential service during

the pandemic," Statistics Canada said Friday

- Second StatsCan report showed air traffic record -74% YOY in April. 

- "Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, with 5,541 movements (-85.2%). This

was the first time since September 1998 that Toronto/Lester B. Pearson

International was not the country's busiest airport." (Calgary was the top

airport this time, for the first time since 1971.)