Next year's Mexico trade mission may be biggest ever launched by Canada

The federal government is laying the groundwork for a Team Canada trade mission to Mexico next year that may become one of the largest it has ever deployed to a foreign country, says Cameron MacKay, the Canadian ambassador to Mexico.

MacKay says hundreds of Canadian busines ses have applied to be part of the mission, wh ich is set for February and will be led by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, said MacKay in an interview with CBC News.

"In terms of the number of businesses who have applied to join the minister and come and look at export opportunities here, it'll be the biggest one we've ever done," he said.

MacKay said there is so much interes t from the Canadian business community that there may not be enough room to accommodate all the applicants.

"There's only so muc