MONTREAL, 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.
"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."
"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."
CASW 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.
CN, 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.
"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 rail
operations," said Berrada. "These programs allow CN to further
highlight the importance of being safe around railways."
This year, CASW organizers have published free resources that
can help farm families keep kids safe. The tools include
information about building a safe play area, determining safe
agricultural tasks for children and a farm safety contract for kids
and parents. As a part of CASW, a social media contest asks farm
families how they are an #AgSafeFamily. By using the hashtag
#AgSafeFamily and sharing their story of how they keep family
members safe on the farm on social media, participants can win
great prizes. For more information about the CASW resources and
#AgSafeFamily contest, visit the campaign website at
agsafetyweek.ca. Canadian Agricultural Safety Week takes place
every year during the third week of March. For more information
about CASW, media kits or Ontario
launch activities, please visit agsafetyweek.ca.
Media kits include press releases, feature farmer stories,
safety advice articles, public service announcements, graphics and
more.
CN is a true backbone of the economy and transports more
than 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 of approximately 20,000 route-miles 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 about CN, visit the Company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN