On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Canadian Transportation Agency is launching a second phase of consultations on regulatory reform in the area of accessible transportation. These consultations will focus on the application of Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations; the One Person, One Fare (1p1f) requirement to international travel and to small transportation … Read more
Passengers have new rights under the Canadian Transportation Agency’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations when they travel by air. The new regulations, a major CTA regulatory initiative, require airlines to meet certain obligations towards passengers. These new regulations include: providing compensation of up to $2,400 for bumping a passenger for reasons within the airlines’ control, ensuring passengers receive prescribed standards … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that its Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations are now finalized. The regulations consolidate the agency’s various accessibility instruments – six voluntary codes and two regulations – to create a single, robust, legally binding set of accessible transportation regulations. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448. The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that Regulations Amending … Read more
Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act, which received Royal Assent today, will provide the Canadian Transportation Agency with new tools to help advance the accessibility of the national transportation system. As the CTA prepares to implement this legislation, it is working closely with other organizations responsible for receiving accessibility-related complaints – the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that the amended Air Transportation Regulations are now finalized. The majority of the amendments will come into force July 1, 2019, while increased insurance requirements will be implemented in two years, on July 1, 2021. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448.
The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that the Air Passenger Protection Regulations are now finalized. The regulations will come into effect in two stages. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448.
The Canadian Transportation Agency has announced its determination of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index for the Canadian National Railway Company at 1.4371 and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company at 1.5148 for the 2019–2020 crop year beginning August 1st. This is an increase in the VRCPI over the last crop year of 1.82 percent for CN and 3.70 percent for CP. … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency found that Canadian National Railway Company breached its level of service obligations by announcing its intention to impose embargoes on wood pulp shipments in September 2018, several months before rail congestion and other challenges emerged in the Vancouver area, and imposing those embargoes in December 2018, rather than making every reasonable effort … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency issued its determination, in the matter of widespread service issues experienced by passengers on Sunwing flights to or from Toronto Pearson International Airport or Montréal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, between April 14 and 18, 2018. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448.
The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations made under the Canada Transportation Act were published in Part I of the Canada Gazette on March 30, 2019, for public review and comment. The proposed regulations represent Phase 4 of the CTA’s Regulatory Modernization Initiative (rail), and follow consultations held in the summer and fall of 2018. The full release is available … Read more
