Our updates for safety-conscious investors: CPKC, TC Energy & Telus

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CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY, $96.95, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol CP; shares outstanding: 931.8 million; Market cap: $88.8 billion; Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 0.8%) ships freight over a 32,190-kilometre rail network. That line runs mainly between Montreal and Vancouver, with links to hubs in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast. With the addition of U.S.-based railway Kansas City Southern, the new company also connects with important hubs and ports on the U.S. Gulf Coast and in Mexico. While CP mostly owns the land under its tracks in Canada and the U.S., it operates its lines in Mexico under a government concession that expires in 2047. As a result, the company is vulnerable to changes in Mexico’s transportation policies. The government of Mexico now wants to expand the availability of passenger rail service within that country, mainly by giving passenger trains priority over cargo on certain rail lines. However, CP does not expect this demand will have a negative impact on its concession. It has also…