Shawn Will

This Annual Information Form for Canadian National Railway Company provides an overview of its business, operations, and financial status for the year 2025. It outlines the company's strategic principles, focusing on powering the economy through sustainable and efficient global supply chains, service excellence, business growth, investment in personnel, disciplined capital allocation, and responsible operations anchored in environmental stewardship, safety, community, and governance. The document also details recent acquisitions, financial management initiatives, regulatory compliance, and various corporate policies.

This document, the CN Winter Plan, is a Transport Canada-mandated report detailing CN's comprehensive strategy to ensure safe and reliable railway operations during challenging winter conditions. It focuses on continuous preparation, significant capital investments in infrastructure and fleet modernization, technological innovation, and a well-trained workforce. Key pillars include enhancing network reliability and performance through infrastructure upgrades, locomotive modernization, and rolling stock renewal; ensuring safety through employee training and customer collaboration; and optimizing customer service and supply chain fluidity through proactive planning, resource management, and advanced data analytics. The plan aims to mitigate risks from extreme cold, snow, ice, and rain, thereby keeping the North American economy moving efficiently throughout the winter season.

This Grain Plan for Canadian National Railway (CN) outlines the company's strategy for moving anticipated grain volumes during the 2024-2025 crop year. Key initiatives include robust employee recruitment and retention, adherence to scheduled railroading, acquisition of 750 new high-efficiency grain hopper cars, and implementation of new firefighting equipment and technologies. The plan addresses factors affecting rail capacity such as labor availability, weather impacts, and supply chain interconnectedness, while also focusing on long-term infrastructure investments and operational planning. CN aims to achieve a maximum sustainable supply chain capacity of up to 744,000 metric tonnes per week outside of winter and 595,000 metric tonnes per week during winter, while also advocating for policy changes to address labor regulations, extended interswitching, and port operational efficiencies to support the Canadian agricultural sector.

The Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan (IRAP) for Canadian National Railway Company (CN) serves as a roadmap for building respectful, sustainable, and mutually beneficial relationships with Indigenous Peoples. It is structured around five key pillars: Cultural Awareness and Employee Engagement, People and Employment, Economic Reconciliation, Community Engagement and Relationships, and Environmental Stewardship, Safety and Sustainability. The plan aims to achieve genuine reconciliation and collaboration, fostering a future where CN and Indigenous communities can thrive together and be recognized for the strength of these relationships by all stakeholders.

This document outlines CN's strategic initiatives and investments aimed at achieving its safety targets and becoming the safest railroad in North America. The plan focuses on two key pillars: strengthening safety culture through comprehensive education and training programs, and enhancing network safety through significant infrastructure and technology investments. Key initiatives include reinforcing Life Critical Rules, conducting safety audits, implementing advanced inspection systems like Automated Inspection Portals and Autonomous Track Inspection, and deploying new technologies for defect detection and hazard reporting. The overarching goal is to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities, reduce train accidents, and foster a zero-injury work environment with an uncompromising commitment to the health and safety of employees, customers, and communities.