The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that its proposed Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations are now published in Part I of the Canada Gazette for public review and comment. Comments can be submitted until April 8, 2019. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448.
The Canadian Transportation Agency released its What We Heard Report summarizing the input received from key rail industry stakeholders about how best to update and clarify existing rail-related regulations, as well as related CTA guidelines and tools. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448.
The Canadian Transportation Agency announced that it has initiated an investigation into possible freight rail service issues in the Vancouver area. A public hearing will be held in Vancouver at the end of January to give railway companies and shipper groups an opportunity to provide evidence in response to questions from the Agency. The full release … Read more
Chair and CEO Scott Streiner issued the following statement: “This year, the theme of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is, Empowering persons with disabilities and ensuring inclusiveness and equality. Inclusiveness and equality for persons with disabilities require accessible transportation services. Advancing and protecting accessible transportation is one of the Canadian Transportation Agency’s three core mandates. Our vision … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency has redetermined the 2018-2019 Volume-Related Composite Price Index for each of CN and CP, which will be used in determining the maximum revenue entitlement for the Canadian National Railway Company and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company for the movement of western grain in the 2018-2019 crop year. Originally issued on April 25, 2018, … Read more
The Canadian transportation Agency released its What We Heard Report, summarizing the input it received from Canadians over the course of its national consultations on new air passenger protection regulations. The three-month consultation process gave the travelling public, the airline industry, consumer rights groups, and other interested parties a variety of channels for providing information, ideas, … Read more
Canadians can have their say on air passenger protection as the Canadian Transportation Agency develops new regulations. The CTA wants to hear directly from the public at in-person consultations being held across the country over the next three weeks. The CTA is holding the first session in Toronto on June 14, 2018, and will be visiting Vancouver (June … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency is launching consultations on rail-related regulations and guidance materials. These consultations will support the implementation of the Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49), which amends the Canada Transportation Act to introduce new measures related to freight rail. The consulatation period will end on September 30, 2018. The full release is available online. Call 819-934-3448.
Scott Streiner, Chair & CEO of the Canadian Transportation Agenc, announced the launch of public consultations on air passenger protection regulations. New provisions of the Canada Transportation Act, which were added by the recently-passed, Transportation Modernization Act, mandate the CTA to develop regulations setting out airlines’ obligations with respect to flight delays and cancellations, denied boarding (bumping), tarmac delays, … Read more
The Canadian Transportation Agency is extending an inquiry initiated last week to include all Sunwing international flights scheduled to fly to or from the Toronto Pearson International Airport or the Montréal Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport between April 14 and 18, 2018 for which complaints have been filed with the CTA. This inquiry’s focus is on whether Sunwing treated … Read more
