Canadian National Railway Company

Good afternoon. My name is Julianne, and I will be your operator today. All participants are now in the listen-only mode. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Tracy Robinson, CN's President and Chief Executive Officer. Ladies and gentlemen, Ms. Robinson.

Thank you, Julianne, and good afternoon, everyone. We're here in Memphis today. We've had our board meetings over the past two days and have had an opportunity to spend some time visiting our local facilities. Now, we did a pre-recording of our prepared remarks over the weekend. But before we play those remarks, we received some very sad news today about the loss of one of our engineering employees. Early this morning, there was a motor vehicle accident in British Columbia. A semi-truck collided with a CN engineering vehicle with two employees on board. We are deeply saddened that one of our CN family Juver Balmores suffered fatal injuries as a result of the accident and died at the scene. The other employee traveling in the truck was taken to the hospital with critical injuries. I understand he's now in critical but stable condition. Our prayers are with him and his family. The second group of CN employees traveling behind the first vehicle were the first on the scene to respond. They showed a tremendous courage and compassion in a critical situation. a very tragic and painful loss for all of us at CN, and our hearts go out to Juver's family. Before we move on to the business today, I want to remind all CN employees and everyone listening in today to take care of yourself and those around you. Stay safe. So, operator, could you please start the pre-recording with Stacey Alderson, our Head of Investor Relations.

Bonjour à tous et merci de vous joindre à notre appel de conférence sur les résultats Good afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us on CN's first quarter 2024 financial and operating results conference call. Before we begin, I'd like to draw your attention to the forward-looking statements and additional legal information available at the beginning of the presentation. As a reminder, Today's conference call contains certain projections and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. and Canadian securities laws. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. They are more fully described in our cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements in our presentation. After the prepared remarks, we will conduct a Q&A session. I would ask that you please limit yourself to one question. The IR team will be available after the call for any follow-up questions. Now, joining us on the call today are Tracy Robinson, our President and CEO, Pat Whitehead, our Chief Network Operations Officer, Derek Taylor, our Chief Field Operations Officer, Doug McDonald, our Chief Marketing Officer, and Jismat Wool, our Chief Financial Officer. It is now my pleasure to turn the call over to CN's President and Chief Executive Officer, Tracey Robinson.