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Canadian National Railway — Investor Presentation (January 2007)

7 slides from Canadian National Railway's investor presentation, January 2007

  1. Slide 1: CN's Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) Agreement

    CN’s Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) Agreement January 2007 Proposal

  2. Slide 2: What is the new CDR agreement?

    What is the new CDR agreement? ƒ It applies to carload traffic moving between points in Canada, specifically to: ¾ Linehaul rate disputes that could be subject to a final offer arbitration proceeding - section 161 of the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) - for resolution ¾ Level of service to be provi

  3. Slide 3: What is the CDR process?

    What is the CDR process? ƒ Mandatory mediation ¾ Carried out with the existing process established by the Canadian Transportation Agency Should the issue remain unresolved, the customer could elect to: ƒ Submit the matter to binding arbitration: ¾ CTA arbitrator or ¾ Private arbitrator from an exist

  4. Slide 4: Principles behind CDR

    Principles behind CDR •• More Morecollaborative collaborativeprocess processtotodeliberate deliberateand Collaborative Collaborative understand and understandrespective respectivepoints pointsofofview view •• Mandatory Mandatorymediation mediationwith withthe theoption optionfor forthe the customer

  5. Slide 5: The mandatory mediation process

    The mandatory mediation process ƒ The Canadian Transportation Agency already has a process and structure to conduct these mediations ƒ The mediation process is confidential (unless both parties mutually agree to disclose) ƒ Timeline for completion of the mediation will be 15 working days maximum fro

  6. Slide 6: The commercial binding arbitration rules

    The commercial binding arbitration rules ƒ Process triggered by application to the Agency or to an arbitrator from outside the Agency if the customer’s association has a pre-agreed list with CN ƒ Timing: 60 working days maximum from opening conference call with the arbitrator for linehaul rates and

  7. Slide 7: How would you sign up?

    How would you sign up? ƒ Print the agreement from CN’s Web site ¾ www.cn.ca ƒ Agreement is pre-signed by CN ƒ Just add the date and your signature ƒ Fax back to: 514-399-5537 and advise your CN sales leader ƒ CN is asking for feedback and support for this process by one of the following: ¾A letter o

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