Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced funding of more than $25 million over three years for the Rail Safety Improvement Program. This investment will support 165 new projects and initiatives that will increase safety and Canadian’s confidence at grade crossings and along rail lines. The full release is available online. Call 613-314-0963.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced two appointments and three reappointments in the transportation sector. The full release is available online. Call 613-314-0963. Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) released the 2020 edition of the Emergency Response Guidebook which is a joint publication by Transport Canada, the United States Department of Transportation, the Secretariat of Transport and … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced that Transport Canada, provincial and territorial governments, public health authorities, and Canada’s largest air carriers have established a consistent approach for air carriers to collect and share passenger information necessary to alert Canadians of possible COVID-19 exposure while travelling by air, in compliance with applicable privacy legislation. This would … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.), B.C. Minister of Education Rob Fleming, and B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Claire Trevena announced the start of a pilot project involving the use of seatbelts in school buses in two school districts in British Columbia. These pilot projects will help gather information needed for any future application of the use of seat … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced funding of up to $2.5M over three years for 29 eligible Indigenous communities along the Trans Mountain shipping route to participate in the Quiet Vessel Initiative. The full release is available online. Call 613-314-0963.
Transport Canada has issued the first fines in Canada for contravening the Interim Order to Prevent Certain Persons from Boarding Flights in Canada due to COVID-19. Two individuals have been fined $1,000 each for refusing to follow the direction from the air crew to wear their face coverings. The first incident occurred on June 14 on … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced the publication of the final Locomotive Voice and Video Recorder Regulations in Canada Gazette, Part II, that specify the technical requirements for rail companies to install these devices on board their locomotives by September 2, 2022. The full release is available online. Call 613-993-0055.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) issued the following statement: “Transport Canada continues to work extensively with the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and civil aviation authorities in Europe and Brazil throughout the validation process of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. Transport Canada will not lift the flight restrictions on the Boeing 737 … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) and Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne (Saint-Maurice–Champlain, Que.) issued the following statement: “Canada was deeply affected by the lives lost on January 8, 2020, when Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down near Tehran, Iran. Fifty-five of the 176 people who perished were Canadian. Others had close ties to Canada. … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced Canada’s Flight Plan for Navigating COVID-19 (Canada’s Flight Plan), which is the foundation for Canada’s current and future efforts to reduce the public health risks of COVID-19 while travelling by aircraft. Key changes apply to all aspects of air travel, including in airports and aircraft. The full release is available online. Call 613-993-0055.
