Monthly Communication Report

Registrant name:	Avigail Rucker
Client:	National Steel Car Limited
Associated registration:	956463-380845-2
Communication date:	2025-06-30
Posted date:	2025-06-30

Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:	Kyle Fox, Deputy director of policy Finance Canada (FIN) Yianni Papadatos, Policy Advisor Finance Canada (FIN)
List of Details Subject matter Detail Economic Development, Employment and Training, Industry, Internal Trade, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance, Transportation Application to the EDC Trade Impact Program for financial relief to support NSC’s continued operations during a period of uncertainty. Application to the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to support large-scale industrial and manufacturing investments. Further engagement to explore potential emergency funding tools and industrial policy levers to support NSC during the ongoing trade war with the United States. Budget, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Financial Institutions, Industry, Labour, Regional Development, Taxation and Finance, Transportation The strategic need for the replacement of railcars for virtually every industry sector, which equates to transporting approximately 70% of Canada’s total freight, (i.e. raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, waste and recycling).