Media Advisory - CN President and Chief Executive Officer Claude Mongeau to deliver speech in Halifax, N.S., Sept. 19, 2013

HALIFAX, Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Claude Mongeau, president and chief executive officer of CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI), will address the Halifax Chamber of Commerce/Port Days 2013 on Sept. 19, 2013.

Mongeau will discuss how CN's agenda of innovation, supply chain collaboration, and partnership with Port of Halifax stakeholders can help the company's customers compete more effectively in their markets. He will also talk about challenges and opportunities facing the Halifax Gateway.

Mongeau will be available to speak to reporters briefly following his remarks.

Time: Mongeau will start his speech at 1.30 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Time, Sept. 19.

Location: The Westin Nova Scotian, Commonwealth Ballroom, 1181 Hollis Street, Halifax. Pool sound will be available.

CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI)  is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN - Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

SOURCE CN