12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada / Tracy Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer

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Active - Last Updated: 2022-03-02

Who is lobbying?

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada (Address & business activities)

Tracy Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer

Responsible officer in previous versions
- Jean-Jacques Ruest, President and Chief Executive Officer

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Yes

Business Relationships

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

Algoma Central Railway Inc. (Address information)
BC Rail Partnership (Address information)
Canada Southern Railway Company (Address information)
Canadian National Railway Management Inc. (Address information)
Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Company (Address information)
Compagnie de gestion de Matane inc. (Address information)
Quebec and Lake Saint John Railway Company (Address information)

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Aboriginal Affairs
Agriculture
Bilingualism/Official Languages
Climate
Economic Development
Employment and Training
Energy
Environment
Forestry
Immigration
Industry
Infrastructure
Internal Trade
International Trade
Labour
Mining
National Security/Security
Natural Resources
Research and Development
Taxation and Finance
Transportation

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Funding related to Green Transportation Initiatives
Funding related to the National Transportation Corridor Fund
Infrastructure funding related to Railway Crossing Safety Improvement
Infrastructure funding related to port and terminal access upgrades
Infrastructure projects that support Canada’s supply chain.

Policies or Program

Implementation of various COVID-19 related measures, including the Federal COVID-19 mandate
Issues affecting railway safety, operations and investments
Regulation of transportation of grain and oilseeds
Revision of the Duty and Rest Period Rules for Railway Operating Employees and fatigue
Revisions to the Canadian Railway Operating Rules (Various)
Transportation of crude and other oil products

Regulation

Canada Labour Code as it relates to Sick leave benefits and Right to Disconnect
Implementation of the Federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Railway Grade Crossings
Regulations governing Enhanced Train Control
Regulatory and policy alignment between Canada and the U.S.
Revisions to rules respecting track safety
Revisions to the Railway Locomotive Inspection and Safety Rules
The Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts (Transportation Modernization Act)

Subject matter details in previous versions
Policies or Program
- Issues affecting railway investments
- Ports Modernization Review
Regulation
- Cannabis Act, An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
National Defence (DND)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Parks Canada (PC)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Service Canada (ServCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

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Who are the lobbyists?

List of Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer | Public offices held

List of Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

Melissa Cotton, Senior Manager, Gov't Affairs | Public offices held
Eric Harvey, Counsel | Public offices held
Cyrus Reporter, Vice President, Public, Government & Regulatory Affairs | Designated public offices held | Transition team member from 2015-10-20 to 2015-11-04

Lobbyists in previous versions
List of Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties
- Catherine Frémont, Manager Strategy Community Affairs | No public offices held
- Fiona Murray, VP Public Affairs and Governmental Affairs | No public offices held
- Olivier Quenneville, Manager Sr Public Affairs | No public offices held
- Cyrus Reporter, VP Public Affairs and Governmental Affairs | Designated public offices held | Transition team member from 2015-10-20 to 2015-11-04
List of Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties
- Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer | Public offices held
- Doug Fisher, Senior Director, Labour Relations | No public offices held
- Louis-Alexandre Lanthier, Senior Manager, Gov't Affairs | No public offices held
- Cyrus Reporter, VP Public Affairs and Governmental Affairs | Designated public offices held | Transition team member from 2015-10-20 to 2015-11-04

Registration number: 951358-5260
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Monthly Communication Reports

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?
Date	DPOH, Position Title \| Government Institution	Subject Matters
2022-01-27	Taylor Bachrach, Member of Parliament \| House of Commons, House of Commons	Transportation
2022-01-25	Peter Schiefke, Member of Parliament \| House of Commons, House of Commons	Transportation
2022-01-20	Taylor Bachrach, Member of Parliament \| House of Commons, House of Commons	Internal Trade, Transportation
2022-01-19	Vance Badawey, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation
2021-12-21	John Barlow, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Internal Trade, Transportation
2021-12-09	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Internal Trade, Transportation
2021-12-06	Serge Bijimine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Transport Canada (TC)	Internal Trade, Transportation, International Trade
2021-12-03	Robert Dick, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pacific \| Regional Director General's Office - Pacific Region, Transport Canada (TC)	Internal Trade, Transportation, Environment
2021-11-30	Serge Bijimine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Transport Canada (TC)	Internal Trade, Transportation
2021-11-29	Serge Bijimine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Transport Canada (TC)	Internal Trade, Transportation
2021-11-24	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation, National Security/Security
2021-11-24	Mark Strahl, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation, Environment
2021-11-23	Serge Bijimine, Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy Transport Canada (TC)	Infrastructure, Internal Trade, Transportation, Environment
2021-11-23	Blair Kesteven, Director of Parliamentary Affairs House of Commons	Infrastructure, Transportation, National Security/Security
2021-11-18	Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation, Environment, National Security/Security
2021-11-18	Robert Dick, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pacific \| Regional Director General's Office - Pacific Region, Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation, Environment
2021-11-16	Robert Dick, Assistant Deputy Minister, Pacific \| Regional Director General's Office - Pacific Region, Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation, Environment
2021-11-11	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Labour, Transportation, National Security/Security
2021-10-29	Claude DeBellefeuille, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation
2021-10-25	Brad Vis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation, National Security/Security
2021-10-15	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation
2021-10-04	Anita Anand, Minister Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) Pam Damoff, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Internal Trade, Transportation
2021-09-21	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation
2021-08-30	Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation
2021-08-11	Emerson Vandenberg, Senior Policy Advisor Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)	Transportation, Agriculture
2021-08-06	Brad Vis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation
2021-08-05	Indrani Hulan, Director, Rail Policy Analysis and Legislative Initiatives Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation
2021-07-27	Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport Transport Canada (TC)	Employment and Training, Transportation
2021-07-13	Kevin Brosseau, Assistant Deputy Minister Transport Canada (TC)	Transportation, National Security/Security
2021-07-13	Brad Vis, Member of Parliament House of Commons	Transportation, Environment

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The Canadian National Railway Company / La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada - Address & business activities

Address:

935 de La Gauchetiere St. West
Montréal, QC H3B 2M9
Canada

Telephone number: 613-549-2296

Contact information in previous versions
- 935 de La Gauchetiere St. West
  Montréal, QC H3B 2M9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-562-4730
  
  Fax number: 613-562-9324
- 935 de La Gauchetiere St. West
  Montréal, QC H3B 2M9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-562-4730
  
  Fax number: 613-562-9324
- 935 de La Gauchetiere St. West
  Montréal, QC H3B 2M9
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-562-9580
  
  Fax number: 613-562-9324
- 1 Rideau Street, Suite 110
  Ottawa, ON K1N 8S7
  Canada
  
  Telephone number: 613-562-9580
  
  Fax number: 613-562-9324

Description of activities:
CN operates Canada's largest railway system, supplying customers in Canada, the U.S. and abroad with freight rail transportation and related services.

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior Advisor Privy Council Office, Prime Ministers Office	October 2015 to January 2017	January 30, 2017

End date of the last completed financial year: 2021-12-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Transport Canada - National Trade Corridor Fund	$22,500,000.00	Yes
Transport Canada - Rail Safety Improvement Program	$8,714,869.21	Yes

Government funding in previous versions

List of Government Funding
End date of the last completed financial year	Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
2019-12-31	Transport Canada - National Trade Corridor Fund	$22,500,000.00	Yes
2019-12-31	Transport Canada - Rail Safety Improvement Program	$6,720,685.50	Yes

Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Legal Counsel Transport Canada, Legal Services	September 2002 to July 2006	Not a designated office
Legal Counsel Canadian Transportation Agency, Legal Services	September 2000 to September 2002	Not a designated office
Counsel Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Trade Law Division (JLT)	May 1999 to September 2000	Not a designated office
Legal Counsel Canadian Transportation Agency, Legal Services	June 1998 to May 1999	Not a designated office

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12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada / Tracy Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer

Who is lobbying?

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada (Address & business activities)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

What is being lobbied?

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Policies or Program

Regulation

Policies or Program

Regulation

Who is being lobbied?

Government Institutions

Who are the lobbyists?

List of Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

List of Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

List of Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

List of Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

What oral and arranged communications have taken place?

12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada / Tracy Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada (Address & business activities)

Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year

Business Relationships

Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Policies or Program

Regulation

Policies or Program

Regulation

Government Institutions

List of Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

List of Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

List of Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties

List of Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties

The Canadian National Railway Company / La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada - Address & business activities

The Canadian National Railway Company/La Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada / Tracy Robinson, President and Chief Executive Officer

BC Rail Partnership

Algoma Central Railway Inc.

Compagnie de gestion de Matane inc.

Canadian Northern Quebec Railway Company

Canadian National Railway Management Inc.

Canada Southern Railway Company

Quebec and Lake Saint John Railway Company