Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) announced almost $750,000 in funding through the Quiet Vessel Initiative for five Indigenous communities along the Trans Mountain Expansion Project marine shipping route. The full release is available online. Call 613-290-8656.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.), Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Que.) announced that the Government of Canada is setting a mandatory target for all new light-duty cars and passenger trucks sales to be zero-emission by 2035, accelerating Canada’s previous goal of 100 percent sales … Read more
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) announced the coming into force of the new Ballast Water Regulations to strengthen existing rules for vessels on international voyages and the introduction of new rules for vessels which remain in Canada and on the Great Lakes. Vessels are now required to: plan their ballast water management and reduce the number of … Read more
In honour of the International Maritime Organization’s annual Day of the Seafarer, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) applauds the essential role seafarers play. Since the onset of COVID-19, Transport Canada has supported the well-being of seafarers by facilitating safe access to shore leave, which is leave granted to mariners to go on land from … Read more
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) announced amendments to the Contraventions Regulations, with regard to provisions under the Railway Safety Act that increase the fine amounts for trespassing onto property where railway lines are located and for not giving way at railway crossings. With these amendments, the fine for trespassing property where railway lines are located have increased … Read more
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) announced the coming into force of the new Ballast Water Regulations to strengthen existing rules for vessels on international voyages and the introduction of new rules for vessels which remain in Canada and on the Great Lakes. These regulations, which replace the Ballast Water Control and Management Regulations, apply to vessels in Canadian … Read more
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.), Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal (Saint Boniface- Saint Vital, Man.), Minister of Finance for the Government of the Northwest Territories, Caroline Wawzonek, and Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories) announced that the Government of Canada is providing an additional $12.5 million to the Government of the Northwest Territories to continue … Read more
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.), Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal (Saint Boniface- Saint Vital, Man.), Minister of Highways and Public Works for the Government of Yukon, Nils Clarke, and Liberal MP Larry Bagnell (Yukon) announced that the Government of Canada is providing an additional $1 million to the Government of Yukon to continue the support of … Read more
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Ont.) virtually joined the 223rd session of the International Civil Aviation Organization Council to discuss the latest developments on the downing of Flight PS752 and Canada’s Safer Skies Initiative. He reiterated Canada’s long-standing position on the downing of Flight PS752 and condemned Iran, in the strongest terms, for its actions that led … Read more
On June 17, Transport Canada upheld its commitment to meeting with the citizens affected by the project by holding a virtual information session with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Hochelaga, Que.). Transport Canada and Martinez Ferrada also met with the mayors of Nantes, Lac-Mégantic and Frontenac, to inform them of the … Read more
