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There are agreements in place to facilitate the transit of goods via rail/truck through the USA, without onerous tariffs involved. Just like there are agreements in place to allow for transit of goods through Canada up to Alaska.
Could the fascists in the USA impact those trade routes? Sure. But they haven't yet, and there's been no explicit talk of it as far as I've seen at least. The most 'noise' on this front was caused, briefly, by the premier of BC saying they were going to tax trucks going to Alaska -- a threat they backed down from almost immediately, as they realised what it'd likely open the doors for in terms of Canada / Mexico trade routes.
Isn't it more economical to do mass transport by sea anyway? We can just go through international waters.
And all Canada's largest population centers are connected to the sea.
Calgary and Edmonton are large population centres, and they're hundreds of km from the sea, and the shortest route to the sea involves going over some enormous mountains.
Toronto is technically connected to the sea via the St. Lawrence, but you can't exactly park a container ship in the Toronto harbour. I mean, technically Minneapolis is connected to the sea via the Mississippi but there's a reason there's no big container port there.
You're right, I wasn't imagining Calgary and Edmonton to be this large but I just looked up and they are.
Shipping by rail is generally quicker, at a relatively low price point, and with far less ecological impact.
Shipping things like produce via sea to/from Mexico would likely result in a lot of spoiled food. Larger non-perishables it 'might' work, but you wouldn't bother if you have a cheap, less damaging and quicker option available.