CN Rail is a privately owned railroad that is controlled by a Board of Directors who have reduced the workforce in order to increase profits. CN used to be a Canadian Crown Corporation Company and has since been taken over by E. Hunter Harrison and his Illinois Central Railway. While the name Canadian National must remain in order to satisfy legislative requirements, the majority of the Board are citizens of the United States. CN once employed over 125,000 people for just it's Canadian operations, while it now has just over 24,000 employees for it's entire North American Network.
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