CN to report first-quarter 2006 financial results on April 20

MONTREAL, March 28, 2006 — CN will issue its first-quarter 2006 financial and operating results shortly after 4 p.m. Eastern time (ET) on April 20, 2006. CN's senior officers will review the results and the company's outlook that afternoon in a conference call/webcast starting at 4.30 p.m. ET.

Parties interested in participating in, or listening to, the presentation by telephone should dial 1-866-542-4239 by 4.20 p.m. ET April 20.

E. Hunter Harrison, president and chief executive officer of CN, will lead the conference call. Joining him will be Claude Mongeau, executive vice-president and chief financial officer, and James Foote, executive vice-president, sales and marketing.

CN will webcast the presentation live and supply slides supporting the officers' remarks via the Investors' section of its website. The slides will be posted shortly after 4 p.m. ET April 20, and will be archived on CN's website until May 12, 2006. To access the slides and webcast on April 20, please click on Analyst Presentations.