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Proud to Be Your Neighbour

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 To celebrate our 100th birthday, CN created a travelling exhibit for our extended family and friends to look back on the miles we have covered together and imagine what lies ahead. City, QC

2 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 Contents

Message from JJ Ruest and Sean Finn 4 Listening to You 6 Stronger Together 8 Safer Communities 10 Environmentally Responsible 20 Diversity Is Strength 24 Inspiration Drives Innovation 28 Civic Engagement 30 CN Railroaders in the Community 32 Celebrating 100 Years 34 Total CN Network 38 Canadian Network 40 42 43 Saskatchewan 44 45 46 Quebec 47 New Brunswick 48 Nova Scotia 49 Network 50 Minnesota 52 Wisconsin 53 Michigan 54 Iowa 55 Illinois 56 Indiana 57 Ohio 58 Pennsylvania 59 Kentucky 60 Tennessee 61 Mississippi 62 Alabama 63 Louisiana 64 CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund 66 CN Community Boards 68 Answering Your Questions 70

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 3 CN is committed to fostering safe and sustainable communities wherever we do business. Calgary, AB

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Listening to You

PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CN’s Public and Government Affairs staff play an integral role in keeping CN connected to regional issues and ensuring we participate in impactful community partnership programs that align with local needs and create real benefits. Our main purpose is to grow and support CN’s people, SEAN FINN FIONA MURRAY DAVID WOODRUFF business and reputation. Executive Vice-President Vice-President Assistant Vice-President Corporate Services Public and Government Affairs and Head of Public and and Chief Legal Officer 514.399.6588 Government Affairs U.S. 514.399.8100 [email protected] 202.347.7816 [email protected] [email protected]

JONATHAN ABECASSIS TYLER BANICK ANNE BAUDOUIN-LALONDE LINDSAY BRUMWELL SUZANNE DALZELL Media Relations Public Affairs Corporate Services Public Affairs Strategic Partnerships 514.399.7956 Western 514.399.7664 Western Canada and Executive Director, [email protected] 780.643.7632 [email protected] 306.956.5401 CN Community Boards [email protected] [email protected] 514.399.6843 [email protected]

JASDEEP DEVGAN TIFFANY EDWARDS CATHERINE FRÉMONT LOUIS-ALEXANDRE LANTHIER LARRY LLOYD Public Affairs Public Affairs Office of the CLO Government Affairs Canada Government Affairs U.S. Western Canada Eastern Canada 514.399.4937 613.562.4741 312.505.4625 204.954.8834 506.866.2311 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

OLIVIER QUENNEVILLE DANIEL SALVATORE LORA SMITH ANDREA WALDOCK Public Affairs Canada Public Affairs Corporate NIETHOLD 514.399.7627 Eastern Canada Communications Government Affairs U.S. [email protected] 647.544.3368 514.399.4115 202.763.6485 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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CN PUBLIC INQUIRY LINE CN is committed to maintaining a positive and proactive approach in the communities where we operate. To keep the lines of communication open and deliver accurate, consistent information to the public, our inquiry line personnel respond to the questions or issues that matter most to you. JULIEN BÉDARD MICHELLE HANNAN NADIA MASTROPASQUA SILA UNVER CN Community CN Community CN Community CN Community Relations Officer Relations Officer Relations Officer Relations Officer

Edmonton, AB CN Public Inquiry Line 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET, Monday to Friday

Toll-free: 1.888.888.5909 Email: [email protected]

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 7 CN Railroader in the Community Wonda Warren helps young lacrosse players enjoy Canada’s national summer sport in Chilliwack, BC. Photo by Stuart McCall/Alpha Presse

8 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 Stronger Together

GIVING BACK, CONTINUOUSLY For CN, giving back is not a slogan – it’s our way of doing business; the only way. And, as this 2020 CN in Your Community – Proud to Be Your Neighbour report illustrates, it’s also a way of being, a spirit of caring, that is shared by everyone at CN, from our officers and directors to our employees and retirees. Through our efforts, we touch the lives of people in hundreds of communities across North America.

Making a difference in the communities CN passes through is dear to us and intrinsically linked to our culture. To this end, CN employees and retirees pull together for social, environmental and economic progress, all while constantly working to improve safety, our top priority. Contributing to making our neighbours stronger is a means to making CN stronger too.

CN Stronger Communities Fund To fuel our actions and those of our community partners, CN has created the CN Stronger Communities Fund, which embodies our , ON commitment to help build safer, stronger, more sustainable and prosperous communities. For over 10 years, CN has been the title sponsor for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario’s largest annual fundraiser in support of kids with cancer. CN Police officers took advantage of the opportunity to talk to participants about rail safety. At CN, “stronger together” becomes a reality through concrete actions in six core areas, each corresponding to a section of this document:

• Safety • Sustainable Development • Diversity • Innovation • Civic Engagement Please visit our website at • CN Railroaders in the Community cn.ca/community for more information on our eligibility requirements and Together, we strive to make the communities in community investment areas of focus. which we operate better places to live, work and play.

“Giving back is a way of being, a spirit of caring, that is shared by everyone at CN.”

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Safer Communities

Safety is a core value at CN. Absolutely nothing is more important to us than running a safe railroad, because a safe day is the only acceptable kind of day at CN. Our goal is to be the safest railroad in North America by establishing an unwavering safety culture and safeguarding our neighbouring communities. To do so, we reach out to hundreds of communities along our network every year. We regularly share information on crossing safety, corridor risk assessments, proximity guidelines, dangerous goods traffic and emergency response training with municipal officials and local emergency responders.

ENHANCING EMERGENCY RESPONSE Every year, CN takes steps to enhance its emergency preparedness and system protection, with a strong focus on safety, regulatory compliance and effective emergency response. Our 13 dangerous goods officers, located at major terminals across our network, are equipped with tools and resources to provide 24/7 emergency response and hazmat expertise to company personnel and local first responders during an emergency. The team CN’s training tank car serves as a classroom during hundreds of TransCAER dangerous goods training events around North America each year. This event took place in Prince Rupert, BC. also delivers Railroad Emergency Response courses and other training, including several events at the Security and Emergency Response Training Center in Pueblo, CO, like a CN is also proud to support firefighter training ASSESSING RISK Tank Car Specialist training course for through Emergency Response Assistance firefighters from across North America and a Canada, a not-for-profit emergency CN performs risk assessments on all Key Routes, course for emergency response contractors, preparedness and response organization. which are determined by the volume of both one week long. In doing so, CN has provided training to over dangerous goods transported along the 32,000 responders in Canada and the U.S. in corridors. Several risk factors are considered, An important component of CN’s work is the last five years alone. including the proximity of communities along supporting TransCAER® (Transportation its rights-of-way, environmentally sensitive Community Awareness and Emergency For more information on dangerous goods areas and emergency response capabilities. Response), an outreach effort to train emergency response training and resources, CN has reached out to Canadian municipalities community emergency personnel situated near visit cn.ca/en/safety/municipalities/first- along these Key Routes and will incorporate rail lines where dangerous goods are responders-resources/. input from them as part of our risk assessments. transported. In 2019, CN participated in over Communities can submit their input for 360 TransCAER events, bringing critical training consideration in the Key Route Risk to over 6,000 participants. Since 1988, CN has Assessments to [email protected]. participated in nearly 5,400 TransCAER events, reaching close to 115,000 first responders. We also earned the prestigious TransCAER National Achievement Award from the American Chemistry Council for the 10th consecutive year.

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 11 CN leading hazmat training in Detroit, MI.

SHARING “The cities, towns and RESPONSIBILITY The cities, towns and Aboriginal communities we Aboriginal communities we serve are powerful allies in promoting rail safety in their communities. By looking out for each serve are powerful allies in other and working together, CN employees, retirees, stakeholders and communities focus year-round on preventing fatalities and injuries promoting rail safety.” on or near railroad property. In keeping with our shared responsibility, CN is working diligently with communities and road SHARING INFORMATION CN also supports more effective emergency authorities to increase the safety of grade response with technology-based information. crossings in Canada, meeting Transport CN works with Transport Canada and the The AskRail™ mobile app lets emergency Canada’s Grade Crossing Regulations and Federation of Canadian Municipalities to responders determine the contents of any railcar Standards in doing so. These standards are provide more detailed historical dangerous through a simple search, which helps them mandatory engineering requirements for goods information to emergency response make better informed decisions about how to crossing surfaces, road geometry, sightlines, agencies that register through Transport respond to a rail emergency. The app has been warning systems and other elements that Canada. Registered communities also receive downloaded by nearly 3,700 emergency improve safety at crossings. All crossings must an annual report that provides information on responders, such as firefighters and police meet the new Regulations and Standards by the type of dangerous goods moving through a officers, across CN’s North American network. 2021. For more information from Transport jurisdiction, which can be shared with the Canada visit: tc.gc.ca/en/services/rail/ public. As well, CN publishes information about grade-crossings.html. the dangerous goods moving on its network through each province on cn.ca/en/safety/ municipalities/moving-dangerous-goods.

12 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 CN POLICE WORKING and delivering safety presentations to high-risk groups such as young drivers and TO KEEP YOU SAFE bus drivers. Our teams also continue to It is with great pride and dedication that engage federal, provincial and state the members of the CN Police Service officials in identifying and eliminating work 24/7 to help keep every community crossing and trespassing hazards. on our network safe. Our officers are CN’s risk mitigation officers are strategically committed to protecting people and positioned throughout our U.S. network to property, as well as encouraging safe engage with community stakeholders and STEVE COVEY SHAWN WILL behaviours and attitudes towards rail promote educational activities to help Chief Security Officer Deputy Chief safety. Activities include conducting and Chief of Police Operations raise awareness and ensure safety. North America , QC enforcement initiatives with external 514.399.6220 514.399.6113 agencies at locations prone to incidents [email protected] [email protected]

BRANDON MYERS BRUCE POWER ROBERT ZAWERBNY PIERRE BERGERON ROBERT DIXON Assistant Chief Chief Inspector Inspector Inspector Inspector Emergency Preparedness, Communications Centre Emergency Preparedness, Champlain Division Pacific Division Regulatory and Intelligence Montreal, QC Regulatory and Intelligence Montreal, QC Surrey, BC Homewood, IL 514.399.6294 Concord, ON 514.734.2159 604.589.6647 708.332.4347 [email protected] 905.760.3449 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

BRIAN JONES SCOTT McCALLUM DAVID THORNE JONATHAN BONDRA MONICA CARSON Inspector Inspector Inspector Inspector Inspector Mountain Division Great Lakes Division Prairie Division North Division South Division Edmonton, AB Sarnia, ON Winnipeg, MB Detroit, MI Memphis, TN 780.472.3702 905.760.3471 204.231.7810 248.452.4983 901.786.5039 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

JASON STEFANIAK BRENDA GUNN CATHERINE ANDREWS AUSTIN BENTLEY MARY WALLENFANG Inspector Senior Manager U.S. Manager U.S. Manager U.S. Manager U.S. Central Division Risk Mitigation Central Region Southern Region Northern Region Harvey, IL Homewood, IL Risk Mitigation Risk Mitigation Risk Mitigation 708.332.5967 708.332.6782 Battle Creek, MI Memphis, TN Green Bay, WI [email protected] [email protected] 269.966.5363 901.789.6389 920.965.7231 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 13 CN Police Constable Dean Solowan speaks to young people about rail safety at a CN100—A Moving Celebration event in Edmonton, AB.

REMAINING VIGILANT AROUND RAIL Trains move faster than you may perceive and take more time to slow down than you may think.

Trespassing 1,011 Average trespassing accidents All train tracks are private property. It is illegal in North America every year and dangerous to cross tracks anywhere except For more tips and information, visit at designated crossing areas. Offenders can Operation Lifesaver. not only get fined, they can also lose their lives Canada: operationlifesaver.ca in the process. U.S.: oli.org Driving A train hitting a car is the equivalent in effect as a car hitting a soft drink can! If you ever get stuck at a crossing, exit your car immediately and call the emergency number located at the crossing. 2,311 Average crossing accidents CN Police Service Photography and Filming in North America every year 24/7 emergency line As a general practice, photography and filming on railway property is dangerous and illegal, 1.800.465.9239 and therefore prohibited. A picture might be worth 1,000 words, but no snapshot is worth your life!

Photography and filming on railway property is prohibited

14 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 Quebec Premier François Legault and CN CEO JJ Ruest sign the Rail Safety Pledge. Photo by Emilie Nadeau

State senators Wayne Schmidt, Curtis Hertel Jr., and Marshall Bullock sign the Rail Safety Pledge in front of the Michigan Legislature in Lansing.

RAIL SAFETY WEEK schools, community centres, railway stations and level crossings in Canada and the Safety always comes first at CN and Rail Safety United States. CN employees shared information Week is a great opportunity to reinforce this about the importance of safety at crossings core value. During the 2019 campaign, CN Police and of the deadly risks of trespassing on officers and other employees, in partnership railway property. with Operation Lifesaver®, conducted over 250 safety initiatives and community events at

“Safety always comes first at CN Police travelled to the Aboriginal community of Mashteuiatsh in northern Quebec to help moderate a workshop on rail and road safety. Participants signed CN and Rail Safety Week is a the Rail Safety Pledge. Left to right: Guillaume Maltais, Quebec Provincial Police, Mélanie Boivin, Director General of the Friendship Centre, André LeBreux, great opportunity to reinforce CN Police, and Jonathan Boivin, Mashteuiatsh Police. this core value.”

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 15 Lillooet Brockville Quebec COMMUNITIES SUPPORTING New Westminster Burlington Baie-des-Sables RAIL SAFETY WEEK North Vancouver (City of) Clarington Bécancour North Vancouver (District of) Cobourg Belœil The following 542 communities from across Pemberton Cornwall Boisbriand North America signed resolutions or proclamations Prince George Cramahe Boucherville in 2019 supporting Rail Safety Week: Prince Rupert East Gwillimbury Brossard Saik’uz First Nation Edwardsburgh/Cardinal Cacouna Smithers Township Candiac Squamish Elizabethtown-Kitley Cap-Saint-Ignace Squamish-Lillooet Fort Erie Carignan Surrey Fort Frances Causapscal Terrace Georgina Chambly Vancouver Gravenhurst Chambord Whistler Greater Napanee Charlemagne Woodpecker-Hixon Greater Sudbury Contrecœur Grimsby Manitoba Coteau-du-Lac Halton Hills Brandon Crabtree Hamilton Cartier Delson Huntsville Dauphin Des Cèdres Ingersoll Gilbert Plains Des Coteaux Kenora Grandview Dolbeau-Mistassini Kingston Kelsey Dorval Leeds and the Thousand Drummondville La Broquerie Islands Township Grand-Métis Morris Lincoln Hébertville Portage la Prairie (City of) London Hébertville-Station Portage la Prairie Loyalist Township (Rural Municipality of) Joliette Markham Prairie View Kirkland CN Police regularly engage with communities on safety. Middlesex Centre Ritchot (St. Adolphe) Lac-au-Saumon Here, CN Police Officer Rose-Marie Ritchie hands out safety Milton Riverdale Lachine (Montreal) information to a motorist at a level crossing in Oshawa, ON. Mississauga Roblin La Pocatière Mohawks of the Ste. Anne Bay of Quinte La Prairie (Rural Municipality of) La Présentation CANADA Strathcona County Muskoka Lakes Township Ste. Anne (Town of) La Sarre Sturgeon County Niagara Falls Alberta Springfield L’Assomption Three Hills Nipissing First Nation Athabasca County Swan River Le Sud-Ouest (Montreal) Tofield North Bay Barrhead Swan Valley West Lévis Trochu Northumberland County Beaver County Taché Limoilou (Quebec City) Vegreville Oshawa Big Lakes The Pas L’Islet Vermilion Parry Sound Calgary Westlake-Gladstone L’Isle-Verte Vermilion River County Pickering Camrose Whitehead Longueuil Viking Plympton-Wyoming Camrose County Winnipeg Port Colborne Marieville Edmonton Wainwright New Brunswick Port Hope Matane Edson Westlock Bathurst Quinte West Matapédia Fort Saskatchewan Westlock County Belledune Ramara McMasterville Grande Cache Whitecourt Edmundston Richmond Hill Mercier–Hochelaga- Grande Prairie Wood Buffalo Maisonneuve (Montreal) Hampton St. Catharines Hinton Yellowhead County Métabetchouan– Moncton Sarnia Jasper British Columbia Lac-à-la-Croix Quispamsis Sault Ste. Marie Lac la Biche County Abbotsford Métis-sur-Mer Rothesay Severn Township Lacombe County Ashcroft Mont-Joli Saint John Sioux Lookout Leduc County Barriere Montmagny Salisbury South Dundas Lloydminster Burnaby Montreal Sussex South Glengarry Township Mayerthorpe Burns Lake Montréal-Est South Stormont Township Minburn County Chetwynd Nova Scotia Montreal West South West Oxford Township Morinville Chilliwack Halifax Mont-Saint-Hilaire Strathroy-Caradoc Parkland County Clearwater Truro Normandin Tecumseh Peace River Dawson Creek Ontario Notre-Dame-du- Thames Centre Township Bon-Conseil Red Deer Delta Ajax Thorold Otterburn Park Red Deer County Fort St. James Alnwick/Haldimand Thunder Bay Pincourt Rocky View County Fort St. John Township Toronto Pohénégamook Ryley Fraser-Fort George Belleville Vaughan Pointe-Claire St. Albert Hope Blandford-Blenheim Township Welland Quebec City Sexsmith Kamloops Bracebridge Whitby Repentigny Slave Lake Kanaka Bar Indian Band Brampton Whitchurch-Stouffville Richelieu Smoky River Kitimat Brantford Windsor Rimouski Spruce Grove Kitsumkalum Indian Band Brant County Woodstock Rivière-Bleue Stony Plain Langley Brighton Rivière-du-Loup

16 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 Rivière-Ouelle Champaign Gary Roberval Chicago Griffith Saint-Alexandre-de- Chicago Heights Highland Kamouraska Cicero Mishawaka Saint-André-de-Kamouraska Crest Hill Munster Saint-Apollinaire Decatur Schererville Saint-Basile-le-Grand Des Plaines South Bend Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu Du Quoin Valparaiso Saint-Bruno East Hazel Crest Iowa Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Effingham Ackley At a Rail Safety Week event, CN Police Special Agent Brad Wetzel Saint-Félicien Elgin Cedar Falls engages with visitors at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee. Saint-Hyacinthe Elmhurst Cherokee Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Flossmoor Dubuque Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Ford Heights Evansdale Pontiac Barron Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska Frankfort Fort Dodge Port Huron Blair Saint-Lambert Franklin Park Independence Richmond Burlington Saint-Pacôme Freeport Jesup River Rouge Cameron Saint-Pascal Grayslake Manchester Royal Oak Cedarburg Saint-Prime Hanover Park Waterloo Trenton Chippewa Falls Saint-Tite Harvey Webster City Warren Combined Locks Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Hawthorn Woods Woodhaven De Pere Sainte-Hélène Kentucky Hazel Crest Wyandotte Fond du Lac Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot Fulton Hoffman Estates Germantown Irvington Minnesota Sainte-Marie-Salomé Homewood Glendale Paducah Aurora Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Joliet Baudette Grafton Senneterre Justice Louisiana Duluth Green Bay Shawinigan Kankakee Amite City International Falls Greenville Sorel-Tracy Kinmundy Baton Rouge Koochiching County Junction City Terrasse-Vaudreuil Lake Villa Bogalusa Proctor Ladysmith Trois-Pistoles Lake Zurich Denham Springs Ranier Little Chute Val-Brillant Lombard Destrahan St. Louis County Manitowoc Varennes Long Grove Geismar Two Harbors Marinette Vaudreuil-Dorion Lynwood Gramercy Marshfield Vaudreuil-Soulanges Virginia Manteno Hammond Menomonee Falls Verchères Warroad Matteson Harahan Mequon Mississippi Saskatchewan Mattoon Independence Milwaukee Brookhaven Canora Mokena Kenner Mukwonago Florence Corman Park Mt. Prospect Kentwood Neenah Greenwood Flett’s Springs Mundelein Livingston New Lisbon Hattiesburg Humboldt (City of) Naperville Lutcher North Fond du Lac Hinds County Humboldt New Lenox New Orleans Oconto Jackson (Rural Municipality of) North Riverside Ponchatoula Pewaukee Madison Ituna Park Forest Roseland Rhinelander Marks Ituna Bon Accord Plainfield St. James Parish Rice Lake McComb Kindersley Richton Park St. John the Baptist Parish Saukville New Augusta Melfort Riverdale Springfield Tangipahoa Silver Lake Richland Melville River Forest Tickfaw Slinger Ridgeland North Battleford Rockford Walker Spencer Yazoo Regina Sauk Michigan Superior Saskatoon Schiller Park Battle Creek Ohio Sussex Stevens Point Wadena Storm Lake Capac Conneaut Waukesha Warman Summit Charlotte Toledo Wausau Yorkton Tamaroa Clinton Township Pennsylvania West Bend Tolono Weyerhaeuser UNITED STATES Dearborn Butler University Park Detroit Wisconsin Rapids Tennessee Alabama Urbana Durand Atoka Mobile Vernon Hills East Lansing Brighton Illinois Villa Park Escanaba Covington Anna Wamac Ferndale Dyersburg Antioch Warrenville Flat Rock Memphis Barrington Washington Flint Millington Barrington Hills Wayne Fraser Shelby County Bartlett Waukegan Hamtramck South Fulton Berwyn West Chicago Holly Union City Broadview Wheeling Lansing Buffalo Grove Willow Springs Lapeer Wisconsin Appleton Carbondale Indiana Michigan State Ashland Carol Stream Dyer Governor’s Office Auburndale Centralia East Chicago Monroe

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 17 CN worked with the Kitsumkalum First Nation and local first responders on a two-day exercise that responded to a mock derailment off the CN railway bridge near Terrace, BC. Photo by Lonnie Wishart

PARTNERING WITH Canadian Agricultural Safety Association CN and Canadian farmers share a common COMMUNITIES commitment to safety. Maintaining a constant All Aboard for Safety focus on safety is essential when working with heavy machinery, which is part of daily life on At CN, safety is a core value. It’s also what both farm and railway. CN is proud to support All Aboard for Safety, our flagship community CASA’s Canadian Agricultural Safety Week and education program, is all about. Every year, BeGrainSafe campaigns since 2017. CN employees make hundreds of presentations and talk to thousands of children and adults at Kitsumkalum First Nation schools and community events in Canada and CN undertakes annual emergency response the U.S. about the importance of safety and the exercises that engage fire and rescue personnel dangers of walking or playing on or near from local towns and First Nations in railway tracks. communities all along our network. One CN’s “Little Obie” helped kick off the CN-sponsored example is this year’s two-day exercise that took Little Obie Memphis In May World Cargo Crate Program by place on September 10–11 near Terrace in the Little Obie is a scale model of a CN locomotive, delivering the first cargo crate to students at St. Francis B.C. interior east of Prince Rupert. The command of Assisi Elementary School in Cordova, TN. In addition with a flatcar and caboose that children and post and staging area were on the traditional to the formal delivery event, students enjoyed rides adults can ride. The brainchild of former aboard “Little Obie” and listened to a rail safety lands of the Kitsumkalum First Nation. Day One employee Paul Rose, Little Obie helps educate presentation led by CN Special Agent Steven Solomon. involved a tabletop exercise during which all kids about the dangers of playing near railroad For more information on CN World Cargo Crate, please aspects of CN’s emergency response plan were visit www.memphisinmay.org/honored-country/ tracks — in a fun and informative way. Little thoroughly reviewed. On Day Two, a full-scale for-educators/world-cargo-crate/ Obie was named after Donald R. Obie Bryant, on-water response deployment drill took place Safety Director at Johnson Yard in Memphis. on the fast-flowing Skeena River.

18 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 A 2019 Rail Safety Week participant signs the Rail Safety Pledge. Amite, LA Photo by Scott Saltzman/Alpha Presse

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 19 CN reused hundreds of old concrete rail ties to enhance the local marine habitat off the coast of Prince Rupert, BC, by creating an artificial reef. Mike Linder, CN Environment Specialist, oversaw the project.

20 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 Environmentally Responsible

A sustainable mode of transportation, rail is one of the most environmentally friendly ways Homewood, IL to move goods. In fact, rail is four to five times more fuel efficient than trucks. Each year, our customers avoid emitting eight million tonnes of CO2 by shipping with rail instead of truck.

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT CN’s goal is to conduct our operations with minimal environmental impact while providing cleaner, more sustainable transportation services to our customers. We accomplish this by: • Running the most carbon-efficient North American railroad, consuming about 15% less fuel per gross ton mile than the industry average. We have improved our fuel efficiency by 39% over the last 25 years, and we have set a science-based target to further reduce our GHG emissions by 29% by 2030 (vs. 2015). CN minimizes waste with bulk purchasing. Mike Singelyn, Senior Manager Materials and Facilities, Southern Region, works with vendors to supply track maintenance materials with less packaging. • Engaging our employees and suppliers on waste management at all our facilities. Each year, we divert approximately 90% of our Wanuskewin Heritage Park waste from landfills through our reduce- PARTNERING WITH reuse-recycle programs. Wanuskewin works to advance the COMMUNITIES understanding and appreciation of the evolving • Protecting biodiversity and managing the CN supports and invests in national and cultures of the Northern Plains indigenous land in the various habitats through which community-based organizations that protect peoples. CN’s donation will help expand the our network passes, including national parks, the natural environment, including: Interpretive Centre, gallery spaces and meeting forests, prairies and wetlands. rooms, as well as help establish a bison herd as Tree Canada a new outdoor experience. CN and Tree Canada work to bolster Canada’s urban forests and inspire people to participate Green Economy Canada Edmonton, AB in, and advocate for, community greening. In Green Economy Canada is working to make the 2019, CN donated $1.9 million to Tree Canada low-carbon economy a reality in communities for tree plantings and CN100 Legacy Forests. across Canada by working with businesses and organizations of all sizes on a cultural shift America in Bloom towards efficiency and emissions reductions. CN works with America in Bloom to promote CN sponsored their premier annual event, beautification in the communities we serve Connect 2019, which brought together over through education and community involvement 200 sustainability leaders. by encouraging the use of flowers, plants, trees and other environmental and lifestyle Shelby Farms Park enhancements. Shelby Farms Park is a 4,500-acre green space in Memphis, TN. CN sponsored their National Forest Week Earth Day celebrations. One of the thousands of trees planted by CN and Since 2012, CN and our partners in Canada and Tree Canada in 2019. U.S. have planted over two million trees, making CN one of the leading private non-forestry tree planters in Canada.

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 21 LIVING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES

EcoConnexions® We are committed to advancing the circular economy in all aspects of our operations. CN’s EcoConnexions® programs are our main platforms to engage our employees, customers and suppliers to help us make a difference and achieve our goals of reducing emissions, conserving resources and increasing biodiversity.

Employee Engagement CN’s EcoConnexions Employee Engagement program focuses on embedding environmental sustainability into our corporate culture through targeted initiatives to reduce energy consumption, minimize waste and improve CN and America in Bloom contributed to the City of West Chicago’s tree-planting program during Blooming Fest. housekeeping practices at our yards and Shown are Mayor Ruben Pineda (grey shirt) and city councillors. offices. Since 2011, we have reduced energy consumption by 33% and saved 86,000 metric tonnes of carbon at key yards and facilities, From the Ground Up diverted over 200,000 tons of operational waste Regina, SK from landfill, and completed over 1,500 projects In 2012, CN expanded EcoConnexions with to improve housekeeping and create cleaner, our From the Ground Up program, which more efficient and safer workplaces. provides grants to promote the greening of communities and First Nations situated along our rail lines. Working together with our partners, Tree Canada and America in Bloom, we have assisted 268 community groups to establish green spaces. CN’s programs also include tree-planting and mass reforestation projects. For 2019, to celebrate CN’s 100th anniversary and in conjunction with our travelling CN100—A Moving Celebration tour, CN and Tree Canada partnered to plant a Legacy Forest in each of the following cities, each consisting of 100 mature trees. Additional Legacy Forests will be planted in other cities in 2020.

Calgary, AB Regina, SK In 2019, CN started to phase out single-use plastic Charlottetown, PEI Sackville, NB water bottles. Edmonton, AB St. John’s, NL Halifax, NS Vancouver, BC Humboldt, SK Winnipeg, MB Quebec City, QC

CN employees and Tree Canada volunteers planted many trees during National Tree Day on September 23, 2019.

22 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 “CN EcoConnexions Partner” recognition ceremony in Everett Crowley Park, Vancouver, BC. Photo by Stuart McCall/Alpha Presse

Partnership COSCO Shipping Lines (North America) PepsiCo Canada In 2014, EcoConnexions was further expanded to Domtar Corporation Port of Saint John recognize our customers and supply chain E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Prince Rupert Port Authority partners for their efforts to reduce their carbon Fairmount Santrol Resolute Forest Products Canada emissions, increase energy efficiency and drive sustainable business practices. In 2019, in Ford Motor Company Suncor collaboration with Tree Canada and America in GCT Canada LP Teck Coal Bloom, CN planted 120,000 trees to recognize Hapag-Lloyd America Tenaris Global Services USA 45 customers and supply chain partners in Canada and the United States: Honda Canada Inc. UPS HUB Group Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Alcoa Corporation Kruger Products LP Verso Corporation Container Line Labatt Breweries of Canada Viterra BASF Canada Loblaws Inc. Vopak Bonduelle Canada Louisiana Pacific Corporation Walmart Canada Bunge North America Maersk Line West Fraser Timber Co. Canfor Mondelēz International Weyerhaeuser Cargill Inc. Montreal Port Authority Yang Ming Cascades MSC (Canada) Inc. Cenovus Energy Inc. Nissan North America CMA CGM (America) LLC OOCL USA

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 23 In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, CN employees in Montreal, QC, were treated to traditional dishes, music and dance. CN IT analysts Robin Chacko Thekerera (left) and Jasneet Singh Randhawa (right) enjoyed the performance of Aboriginal artists Lindsay Visitor and Alan Harrington.

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The Poundmaker Drum Group performed for CN employees in Edmonton, AB, on National Indigenous Peoples Day.

National Indigenous Hiring Week National Indigenous Peoples Day CN has an Aboriginal procurement strategy in CN was proud to partner with AMIK to support In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, place that establishes business relationships National Indigenous Hiring Week (NIHW). CN employees in Edmonton and Montreal with Aboriginal communities and promotes Together, we helped to promote employment were treated to traditional dishes, music and collaboration between these communities, opportunities for Indigenous people across dance. Many thanks to Les Productions customers and partners. In May 2018, CN Canada. As part of NIHW, CN welcomed Feux Sacrés, Native Delights, and the became a “Champion of Indigenous Sourcing,” students from the Employment and Training Poundmaker Drum Group. an initiative launched by the CCAB, for its Service Centre of the First Nations Human commitment to involve more Aboriginal Resources Development Commission of Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business businesses in CN calls for proposals. Quebec to our Montreal Yard to learn about CN is the first transportation company in CN’s operations. Canada to receive the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) Progressive Since 2016, the proportion of Aboriginal Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Bronze Level workers at CN has continued to grow. Today, certification for our commitment to working 4.7% of our workforce self-identifies as with Aboriginal communities and businesses. Aboriginal, while the pool of qualified This certification signals to Aboriginal Aboriginal people is estimated at 5.9% of the communities that CN is a good business population according to Statistic Canada. partner, a great place to work, and committed to the prosperity of Aboriginal communities.

26 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES “CN is in daily contact with Actua Aboriginal communities from Actua is a national charity that is preparing youth, age 6–26, to be innovators and leaders by engaging them in exciting and accessible coast to coast to coast.” STEM experiences that build critical employability skills and confidence. CN’s contribution supports Actua’s National Indigenous Youth in STEM (InSTEM) program.

Teach for Canada Teach for Canada works with northern First Nations to recruit, prepare and support committed teachers to inspire success in northern First Nations students. This year, thanks to CN’s support, 20 Teach for Canada teachers will impact 600 students across four First Nations: Big Grassy River, Lac La Croix, Lac Seul, and Ojibways of Onigaming First Nations.

Indspire Indspire is a national Indigenous charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities.

Assembly of First Nations (AFN) CN and the AFN continued to strengthen the respectful relationship between both parties. CN’s Aboriginal Affairs team and employees from other CN departments attended many CN sponsored the Ottawa Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival, which ran from June 20 to 24, including the two-day AFN events, including their Annual General Pow Wow Competition. Thousands attended the event from across Canada and the United States. Meeting in Fredericton, NB, where CN hosted a booth at the trade show, and the AFN Winter Celebrations.

Little Obie and 18 CN employees and their families (32 total) participated in canoeing on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton, AB, during EPCPOR Riverfest, which was a way to celebrate the many ways people can safely connect with and enjoy the Edmonton River Valley.

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Inspiration Drives Innovation

By supporting innovation through transportation education and research, CN is Edmonton, AB inspiring and helping today’s youth become tomorrow’s railroaders and leaders who will shape the success of our Company and bolster the North American economy.

PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES

4-H Canada CN’s four-year commitment allows 4-H Canada to recognize exceptional senior youth members through the 4-H Canada Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction.

Vector Institute The Vector Institute drives excellence and leadership in Canada’s knowledge, creation and use of artificial intelligence (AI) to foster economic growth and improve the lives of . CN has agreed to sponsor Vector’s AI research for 10 years.

CN renewed its long-standing strategic collaboration with the Canadian Rail Research Laboratory (CaRRL) to enhance railway safety and reliability with a five-year commitment. With this new donation, CN has committed more than $1 million to CaRRL since 2011. Photo by University of Alberta

Communitech Midwest Food Products Association CN sponsored True North Waterloo 2019, a (MWFPA) two-day conference that convened top doers MWFPA is the trade association representing and thinkers to deliver insights, engage in the food processing industry in Illinois, debate and lead practical working sessions Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The association about the future of tech as a force for good. provides training, regulatory and legislative support to member companies. CN sponsored MWFPA’s annual convention, the premier trade show for the food processing industry in At the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, ON, CN’s Manager the Midwest. Government Affairs Canada Louis-Alexandre Lanthier (centre) was proud to present 4-H 2019 Leadership Excellence Awards of Distinction to four outstanding young Canadian leaders. Left to right: Josiah Lodewyk, Courtney Taylor, Doug Sroka and Riley Callahan. Photo by Ben Welland/4-H Canada “CN is inspiring and helping today’s youth become tomorrow’s railroaders and leaders.”

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 29 CN Railroader in the Community Scott Leslie, Signalman, helps young soccer players achieve their goals in Battle Creek, MI.

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“I am elated to help moms reach their goals and live their best life despite the challenges of being a single parent.” – Angelique Cope (right), Assistant Manager of Contracts, Homewood, IL.

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“The support we receive from the community is heartwarming. We have people in their 40s singing in the women’s choir who started as children.” Rhonda Anderson – Director of Service Design, Edmonton, AB

We are proud of our employees, retirees and REACHING OUT TO HITTING THE their families who volunteer their time to make their communities better places to live, work SINGLE PARENTS HIGH NOTES and play. The CN Railroaders in the Community Angelique Cope has volunteered for the Rhonda Anderson has sung with the program recognizes these acts of kindness by American Association of Single Parents (AASP), Chanteuses, a women’s choir in the Edmonton providing grants to the community-based a non-profit organization in south Chicago, Columbian Choirs since 2003. The organization’s charitable organizations they choose to since 2009 and has been on the Board of four choirs accept singers from children to support through their volunteer efforts. Directors since 2017. Angelique has taken on adults. In 2006, Rhonda joined the Board of many volunteer roles at the organization, Directors and is currently its chair. “I’m especially coordinating activities and workshops, as well proud of the fully subsidized inner-city choir that as helping with community outreach. draws diverse voices into the arts,” says Rhonda.

“We try to empower our families to break the Rhonda’s volunteer work has qualified for six cycle of poverty,” says Angelique. AASP CN Railroaders in the Community grants, which recently received its third CN Railroaders in the help commission original music from Canadian Community grant, which funds supplies for composers, and pay for venue rental, sound children enrolled in summer programs and equipment and financial aid for children in need. financial literacy workshops.

CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 33 To celebrate our 100th birthday, CN is on tour! Stopping in cities across North America, CN100—A Moving Celebration is a travelling exploration of CN’s centenary. It’s a great way for CN’s extended family and friends — employees, pensioners, customers and the communities we serve from coast to coast to coast — to look back on the miles we have covered together and imagine what lies ahead. A day at the site has something for everyone: historical exhibits, shows, music, food and activities.

Join us in celebrating 100 years on the move!

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Congrats from a few of our friends

Robert Pritchard, Chair of the Bank of Montreal “We are so proud at the Bank of Rt Hon. Jean Chrétien, Montreal to be partners with CN former from the very beginning for the past “CN was a part of my public life because 100 years and we look forward to I was in government for a long time and another 100 years of working transportation has always been a big together as CN takes its rightful place element of public policy at the federal as part of the critical infrastructure of level. So, the privatization of CN is making Canada a thriving, dynamic, something that I’m very proud of.” strong country.”

Rt Hon. Justin Trudeau, Hon. Andrew Sheer, Hon. Robert Ghiz, Prime Minister of Canada Leader of the Opposition former Premier of Prince Edward “For the past 100 years, CN has not only “CN is a cornerstone of our Canadian Island and member of CN’s been part of our history, but also helped identity. Our railroads are what Atlantic Community Board to build our country. You’ve supported originally connected Canadians “Congratulations, CN, on your our businesses, you’ve grown our from coast to coast. A century later, 100th anniversary. When I think of CN, economy, and you’ve connected our CN still plays an integral role in I think of a company that’s helped make communities. We’ve covered a lot of keeping Canadian ties alive and Canada what it is today: one of the miles together and now you’re charting prosperous by facilitating trade and greatest countries in the world. With the course for the future. CN is North creating jobs. Canada would not have our vast land base and relatively small America’s railroad and an icon of come such a long way since its population, Canada would not work Canada’s history. You’ve driven inception without CN’s vital without a company like CN, whether innovation, and today you’re the engine contribution. I want to say, ‘thank you’ it’s culturally, socially or economically. of the clean economy. And that’s thanks for all you’ve done for Canada over the When I think of my home province of to the remarkable people – past and last 100 years and I wish you many PEI, or all Atlantic Canada, we are an present – who are part of the CN family.” more years of success.” exporting region of our country. We need CN to help us get our products to market.”

36 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 Hon. Christy Clark, former Premier of British Columbia and Chair of CN’s British Columbia Community Board Hon. Doug Young, “100 years is an incredible milestone in a former Minister of Transport country as young as this one. And, without CN, this country would not be “As the Minister of Transport, I was James Gray, as tied together the way that it is and given the responsibility of privatizing Director Emeritus of CN we wouldn’t be as wealthy and as CN. There were a lot of non-believers “CN has had a phenomenal run since healthy as we are as a country. That’s at the time, but it turned out to be the IPO. And, everything is related to thanks to CN. CN has been that vital great, I think, for management, for people. For me, it’s been an honour to lifeline across Canada that has allowed employees, for unions, for shareholders, have participated on the Board for so us to not just build a country, but to and even for shippers. So, when I look many years. Overall, CN is one of the build an economy and, way more back on it, I think the transformation of very, very spectacular contributions to importantly I think, to build the Canadian transportation system in my country.” communities and families.” the 1990s was a hallmark for Canada.”

Brian Bowman, Hon. Brad Wall, Douglas Goss, Mayor of Winnipeg former Premier of Saskatchewan Q.C., AOE, Counsel, Bryan & “As the mayor of Winnipeg, one of CN’s and Chair of CN’s Saskatchewan Company LLP and Chair of CN’s main hubs in Canada, I look at CN’s Community Board Edmonton Community Board incredible network of infrastructure “CN has been contributing to the quality “I have the privilege of serving as and I really appreciate their role in of life in this province, the Prairies, Chair of the Hockey Canada Foundation. building our country and serving our really every province in the country for When I think of hockey and I think of the economy every single day.” 100 years. It’s remarkable and worthy of railway, and what de!nes this nation… celebrating. In my time in government, where would we be without both? I appreciated the fact that, with CN, Hockey and a railroad that goes from you could have a partnership. I think sea to sea and connects this country in we can all feel we have a role to play, every way.” that we are stakeholders in the railway. The outreach by CN to Western Canadians and to the grain industry has been outstanding and, I think, very well received.”

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Ottawa, ON

“CN plays an important role to connect communities across the country. Rail transportation connects Canadians—safely and sustainably—and is vital to our economy and quality of life. That’s why FCM has worked closely with rail companies and the federal government to shape critical improvements to rail safety.” Bill Karsten, Councillor for the Halifax Regional Municipality and President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities

A record number of CN railroaders participated in CN Cycle for CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario), helping to raise $1.2 million for oncology care and research.

CANADA’S ONLY COMMUNITY Indspire – indigenous education TRANSCONTINENTAL PARTNERSHIPS Level – changing lives through law Canadian Agricultural Safety Association RAILWAY CN contributed to many national non-profit Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada organizations in Canada in 2019, including: CN’s Canadian network extends from Halifax on National Aboriginal Energy and the East Coast to Vancouver and Prince Rupert Operation Lifesaver Power Association on the West Coast, with access to every major United Way Canada 2020 Canadian market and interconnecting with our Tree Canada U.S. network at several points in Ontario and Indigenous Women’s Leadership Summit south of Montreal. CN has long been an Chambers of commerce (national, provincial True Patriot Love Foundation indispensable supplier for many key economic and local) Forum for Young Canadians drivers, from grain and forest products to Vector Institute – artificial intelligence consumer goods and automobiles, moving raw The CURE Foundation – breast cancer Earth Day Canada materials, intermediate goods and finished Canadian Cancer Society Fathers of Confederation Buildings Trust products to market. And, with the endless Grain Growers of Canada variety of food products we carry, from animal Canadian Railway Museum Agriculture More than Ever feed and fertilizer to canned goods and fresh Federation of Canadian Municipalities produce, chances are we helped transport a lot Canadian Outstanding Young Farmers Canadian Red Cross of what you eat at your kitchen table or in your Indigenomics Institute Canada Grains Council favourite restaurant. Canadian Mental Health Association Teach for Canada Canadian Federation of Agriculture Terry Fox Foundation Railway Association of Canada Hockey Canada Green Economy Canada Ingenium Foundation Canadian Paralympic Committee

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CN employee ambassadors gathered to celebrate Black History Month with community leaders at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN.

CN’s extensive network in the United States is a Since 2010, CN has invested about US$8 billion COMMUNITY seamless and fully integrated part of our in our U.S. operations. transcontinental North American system. Our PARTNERSHIPS Today, CN has over 7,000 employees in the rail lines run north-south from the northern United States. Homewood, a Chicago suburb, is CN contributed to several national non-profit border of Minnesota down to New Orleans, home to our U.S. headquarters and a state-of- organizations in the U.S. in 2019, including: through the Chicago area, with lines extending the-art training centre. With roughly 25% of our west to Nebraska and east through Michigan, Operation Lifesaver freight traffic originating, terminating or Pennsylvania and New . About one-third of United Way travelling through the city, CN’s Chicago focus our rail network and employees are in the is on safety, network efficiencies, close America in Bloom United States. CN directly serves industrial, collaboration with other freight and passenger Global Farmer Network petrochemical, coal, grain, fertilizer, automotive carriers, and delivering solid customer service. and consumer goods markets in 16 states. National Civil Rights Museum American Thresherman Association CN’s substantial investments in our U.S. operations are keeping our network fluid, The ALS Association helping us accommodate increased demand Ducks Unlimited for freight services, and freeing up rail capacity The Leadership Foundation in Chicago. CN’s sizable presence in the U.S. is the product of a series of rail acquisitions and Habitat for Humanity investments that have extended our network Boy Scouts of America reach south, north, west and east of Chicago, One Step Initiative as well as our unique ring road around the city.

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Michigan Senators Peter J. Lucido, Aric Nesbitt and Wayne Schmidt sign the rail safety pledge in the State Capitol.

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CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund

Last year’s campaign met with unprecedented success, raising a total of more than $2 million. Over the past 10 years, the Fund has raised more than $18.5 million in donations to assist more than 400 charities specializing in health and research, community well-being, child support and humanitarian aid. The Fund directs every dollar donated directly to the designated organizations.

CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Community Fund, which has been in existence for more than 50 years, stands out as a Canadian leader due to its exemplary practices. The Community Employees from CN’s Information and Technology Department shop for groceries to fill Christmas baskets for Fund, run by CN employees and pensioners disadvantaged families in Montreal, QC. acting on behalf of their colleagues, organizes fundraising activities and annual campaigns in support of various Canadian charities. I&T CHRISTMAS BASKETS TERRY FOX RUN Examples include: The CN Information and Technology Christmas On September 15, 2019, CN was proud to Basket initiative started in 1973 with $706 in continue Terry Fox’s legacy by participating in donations helping five families with a total of 17 the 39th annual Terry Fox Run for cancer children. In 2019, these donations have grown research. Over the years, the Terry Fox Run has to about $35,000, which allowed the team to grown to involve millions of participants in over help 34 families with 97 children. In the 46 years 60 countries and is the world’s largest one-day that I&T Christmas Baskets has been in fundraiser for cancer research. CN employees, operation, close to $700,000 has been raised to pensioners and their families ran, walked or help disadvantaged Montreal families enjoy a rode in Montreal, QC, Oakville, ON, nicer holiday. Each basket contains two weeks Prince George, BC, Moncton, NB, and of food for each family as well as toys and Winnipeg, MB. Along with CN’s matching clothes for the children. donation of $25,000, the teams raised more than $37,000 to fund cancer research.

Left to right: Suzanne Dalzell, Strategic Partnerships and Executive Director, CN Community Boards; CN Employees’ and Pensioners’ Fiona Murray, CN Vice-President, Government and Public Affairs; Darrell Fox, Terry Fox’s brother; and Community Fund Savanna Carpenter, Suzanne Dalzell’s daughter. 935 de La Gauchetière Street West, 2nd Floor Montreal, Quebec H3B 2M9 Toll-free: 1.877.552.7555 Email: [email protected]

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68 CN IN YOUR COMMUNITY – 2020 CN Community Boards

CN is in the process of creating community boards to guide our CN Stronger Communities Fund’s decisions and strengthen community partnerships. Through our community boards, CN is putting funding decisions in the hands of local community and business leaders who know their communities best. More to come!

British Columbia Community Board Christy Clark (Chair), Celso Boscariol, QC, Warren Lee, Mike McDonald, Jason McLean, Darrell Mussatto, Blake Olsen, David Radford, Marcia Smith, Lindsay Brumwell (Secretary)

Edmonton Community Board Douglas Goss, QC, AOE (Chair), Hugh J. Bolton, FCA, F. ICD, LLD (Hon), Sarah Chan (MA), Sam Jenkins, Ashif Mawji, Dave Mowat, Shauntelle Paul, Doug Ryhorchuk, Suromitra Sanatani, LL.B, ICD.D, Angua J. Watt, W. C. (Butch) Whiteman, Dawn Newton (Secretary)

Winnipeg Community Board Saskatchewan Community Board David Angus (Chair), Adam Beck, Jim Feeny, Brad Wall (Chair), Raymond E. Ahenakew, Doreen Eagles, Chris Guérette, ICD.D, Gerald Guest, Doug Hodson, Raymond Kazadi, Chris Lane, Blaine Phillips, Barb Ryan, Mubarik Syed, Lindsay Brumwell (Secretary) Diane Gray, Paul Hackett, Dwight MacAulay, CVO, Mariette Mulaire, CITP/FIBP, Dayna Spiring, Jasdeep Devgan (Secretary)

Halifax Community Board Left to right: Roy Argand, Andrew de Freitas, Janet MacMillan, Robert Dempsey, Gina Kinsman, Al Abraham (Chair), Tiffany Edwards (Secretary), Chris Lydon. Absent: Robert Ghiz, Doug MacDonald

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Answering Your Questions

Trains blocking roadways for extended The crossings in my community are in poor Is it safe to cross railway tracks? Can I take periods are a concern in my community. condition. What is CN doing to address this? photos on railway property? What can be done to reduce the number of We recognize the importance of maintaining No. It is illegal and dangerous to walk on or blocked crossings? the condition of crossings for which we are along a railway track. In Canada and the While CN makes every effort not to block responsible. We inspect our crossings on a United States, railways are private property and crossings, there are unforeseen instances such regular basis and make repairs as needed. individuals trespassing on railway property can as weather, mechanical failure or loss of air CN crews fix hundreds of crossings each year. face arrest and receive fines. You could also lose pressure that can cause a train to stop, which your life or a limb while trespassing. Railway may result in a blocked crossing. CN crews are tracks should only be crossed at designated, Residents in my community are aware when a train is blocking a road crossing authorized crossings. Crossing tracks at any complaining about trains whistling at all and make every effort to clear the passage as other location is considered trespassing. hours. Can CN stop using whistles? soon as possible. While we understand that whistling may be As a general practice, unauthorized In Canada, no part of a train or engine may disturbing at times, federal regulations in the photography or filming on railway property is stand on any part of a public crossing for longer U.S. and Canada mandate whistling at all prohibited. A picture might be worth 1,000 than five minutes when vehicular or pedestrian public crossings. Train whistles are safety words, but no snapshot is ever worth your life. traffic requires passage. However, this does not devices that alert motorists and pedestrians to apply to private crossings. When emergency the presence of an approaching train. Who should I contact? vehicles require passage, railways must clear Locomotive engineers follow a detailed set of Should you have any further concerns with these both public and private crossings as quickly as instructions that outline when a whistle must be matters or any other aspect of CN’s operations, possible. For further rules surrounding blocked sounded and the whistling sequence to be please contact the CN Public Inquiry line at crossings, please visit the Transport Canada used. Train crews will also use the whistle if 1.888.888.5909, or via email at [email protected]. website at tc.gc.ca where this information can there is a work project in the area to notify the A representative will follow up with the be found under the Rail heading. work gang on or near the track that a train is appropriate personnel regarding your concerns. In the United States, the Federal Railroad approaching. Horns also can be used if there is In case of an emergency, you are encouraged Administration does not regulate the length of a trespasser on the tracks. to contact the CN Police Service emergency time a train may block an at-grade crossing. In certain circumstances, a crossing may be number – 1.800.465.9239, option 3 – which is exempt from whistling requirements. In posted at every public crossing on our network. Canada, the complete application procedure The CN property in my community is not This phone number is staffed 24 hours a day, to pursue anti-whistling measures may be being maintained adequately. What is CN seven days a week. doing about this? found on the Transport Canada website at tc.gc.ca under Rail Safety. We make every effort to maintain our property How do I stay connected with CN? and we are committed to business practices In the United States, further information on the cn.ca that protect the natural environment, prevent process surrounding the establishment of Quiet pollution, reduce our greenhouse gas emissions Zones can be found on the Federal Railroad facebook.com/CNrail and conserve natural resources. Waste Administration website at railroads.dot.gov. linkedin.com/company/cn management is important to us and we are addressing this issue with two key initiatives: twitter.com/CNRailway What can be done about idling trains near removing old rail ties from our rights-of-way my house? and establishing an aggressive waste reduction CN crews are trained on fuel conservation program for our buildings and yards. practices to reduce our carbon footprint, including locomotive shutdowns in our yards. However, locomotives may need to be left idling due to various operating requirements such as weather and maintaining air pressure for braking and starting systems. 0 2 0 2 / 5 0

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