Bill Ackman, foreground, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, and Hunter Harrison, former CEO of Canadian National Railway, leave the stage after a town hall meeting Feb. 6, 2012, in Toronto.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
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Mr. Ackman, Canada's shareholders thank you
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