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CN signs on as Safety Investor in Canadian Agricultural Safety Week
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nCN signs on as Safety Investor in Canadian Agricultural Safety Week\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCN signs on as Safety Investor in Canadian Agricultural Safety Week\nCanada NewsWire\nMONTREAL, March 14, 2016\n\n\n\nMONTREAL, March 14, 2016 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) has joined the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA)  to promote farm safety as CASA's newest Safety Investor in the annual Canadian Agricultural Safety Week (CASW) from March 13-19.\n\n\"CN and Canadian farmers share a common commitment to safety,\" said Sam Berrada, CN vice-president safety and sustainability. \"Maintaining a constant focus on working safely is absolutely essential when working with heavy machinery, which is part of daily life on both farm and railway. CN is proud to join the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association in its work to keep farm families safe, by encouraging farmers and their families to Be an AgSafe Family.\" \n\n\"We welcome CN as a Safety Investor, and appreciate its support as we teach the love of agriculture to our children in a safe and healthy way,\" said Marcel Hacault, executive director of CASA. \"This year we are providing tools and safety advice on agsafetyweek.ca that can help make farms a safe place for children to grow up.\"\n\nCASW is an annual public awareness campaign focusing on the importance of farm safety. Organizers provide farm families with the information they need to help keep kids safe on the farm while preserving the farming lifestyle. The campaign lasts for a week, but keeping kids safe is important all year long.\n\nCN, which this week became a CASA member, will also join other agri-industry stakeholders as a Safety Investor in the 2017 and 2018 CASW campaigns. This CASW sponsorship will complement CN's existing Rural Safety Fund program - a joint partnership of CN and 4-H Canada that funds 4-H youth-led rural community safety initiatives across Canada. \n\n\"CN's rail network crosses thousands of farms from one end of Canada to the other, and farm families are routinely working in close proximity to...