On September 25, 2020, President Donald Trump announced he would issue a Presidential Permit to the Alaska-Alberta Railway Development Corporation (A2A Railway) which has an agreement with Alaska Railway to develop a joint operating plan for the rail connection to Canada. The proposed A2A Railway would connect to the Alaska Railroad at North Pole, Alaska and run through the Yukon to Fort Nelson, BC and from there to a terminus at Fort McMurray, Alberta. The A2A Railway had also been negotiating with the Mat-Su Borough on an agreement to complete the Port Mackenzie Railway Extension.