National Revenue Minister Gail Shea (Egmont, P.E.I.) and Robert Vessey, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal for Prince Edward Island were joined by David McKenna, chairman of the Charlottetown Airport Authority to celebrate the grand opening of the expanded terminal facility at the Charlottetown Airport. Construction to expand the terminal, which began on Sept. 11, … Read more
Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) announced the appointment of Mr. J. Ed. Macdonald to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC). He has been appointed as part time member for a four-year term. More information is available online. Call 613-991-0700.
Environment Minister Peter Kent (Thornhill, Ont.) and Conservative MP Costas Menegakis (Richmond Hill, Ont.) along with provincial officials, marked the start of construction of a new transit service facility. The facility will be used to maintain and store York Region Transit/Viva transit vehicles, and will be built near Leslie Street and 16th Avenue in the … Read more
Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) met with members of the Canadian-Chinese community in Toronto, Ont., to discuss opportunities for further Canada-China transportation and trade relations and to consult ahead of the next federal budget. Lebel said the government's objective is to strengthen this relationship by focusing on exports, new investments, energy and innovation, as … Read more
Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) along with Quebec provincial officials, inaugurated the Western section of autoroute 30, which has been built through a public-private partnership. The long-awaited 42-kilometre stretch of road completes this major highway project. The new infrastructure connects autoroute 20 and autoroute 40 in Vaudreuil-Dorion to the existing autoroute 30 in Châteauguay. … Read more
Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) and Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz (Battlefords-Lloydminster, Sask.) announced the introduction of the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, Bill C-52, to give companies that ship goods by rail the right to a service agreement with railways. It will also create an arbitration process to establish an agreement when commercial negotiations … Read more
Ottawa mayor Jim Watson, together with premier of Ontario Dalton McGuinty and Conservative MP Royal Galipeau (Ottawa-Orléans, Ont.) announced that Ottawa staff will be recommending to council that the international consortium known as the Rideau Transit Group be awarded the contract to design, build, finance and maintain the Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) project, which … Read more
International Trade Minister Ed Fast (Abbotsford, B.C.) announced that the eastern section of the new South Fraser Perimeter Road, B.C.'s newest highway, opens to traffic on Dec. 1. The new route will be numbered Highway 17 and will help to strengthen the economy by moving goods and people more safely and efficiently on the south … Read more
Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) announced the appointment of Germain Thibault to the Montreal Port Authority for a three-year term. The Montreal Port Authority is the Canada Port Authority established to manage the Port of Montreal under the Canada Marine Act. More information is available online. Call 613-991-0700. Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) … Read more
Transport Minister Denis Lebel (Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.) announced the appointment of Gary Drouin to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada (TATC). Drouin has been appointed as a part time member for a four-year term. The TATC is a multimodal tribunal that provides a recourse mechanism to the air, rail and marine sectors with respect to certain … Read more
