with few events on the horizon in canada this week, the spotlight will be on the u.s. election result. canadians will be watching its neighbor to the south closely on tuesday to see how the u.s. presidential race between hillary clinton and donald trump plays out. talk of u.s. job seekers looking to canada depending on how the chips fall in the election, and antitrade rhetoric, which is clouding canada<u+2019>s export forecast , are among the topics of interest ahead of the vote. on the data front this week, housing dominates. on tuesday, october housing starts and september building permits are due out, followed by september new house prices on thursday. bank of canada deputy governor lawrence schembri is scheduled to speak in halifax, nova scotia early tuesday on the topic of historical changes and future prospects for canadian exports. the central bank has faced regular disappointment on the export front over the past year, with canada<u+2019>s nonresource exports remaining sluggish despite a weak canadian dollar. later in the week, bank of canada governor stephen poloz will appear on a panel hosted by chile<u+2019>s central bank in santiago on friday. his remarks, however, won<u+2019>t be broadcast or published by the bank of canada. corporate earnings are in full force again this week. some key third-quarter releases expected include valeant pharmaceuticals international inc. on tuesday, sun life financial inc. on wednesday and bombardier inc. and manulife financial corp. on thursday. government offices are closed on friday in canada for remembrance day. <u+2014>judy mckinnon contributed to this article. write to kim mackrael at kim.mackrael@wsj.com
key canada events: week of nov. 7 to nov. 11 - wsj
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