Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana, Sask.) on behalf of Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced a major investment of $12.4 million for two projects that will enhance rail capacity, reduce bottlenecks and increase competition by offering shippers access to two railways. The first project will upgrade the track of the Great Sandhills Railway shortline running from Burstall, … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced a Government of Canada investment to replace a grader at the Cambridge Bay Airport in Nunavut. The grader, valued at $360,000, will assist with the essential clearing of ice and snow from runways, taxiways and the apron. The full release is available online. Call 613-991-0700.
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe, N.B.) and Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.) on behalf of Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced a $8.34-million investment to increase cargo operational infrastructure at the Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport, in order to move Canadian goods to international markets more efficiently. … Read more
In response to the recent deaths of North Atlantic right whales, the Government of Canada took substantial measures. This included implementing an interim mandatory slowdown in the shipping lanes north and south of Anticosti Island, increasing the areas for slowdowns, slowing down more ships, increasing the buffer zones in which speed restrictions apply, and increasing aerial … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced a major investment of $13.1 million for a project that will increase capacity at the Stewart World Port and move Canadian goods to international markets more efficiently. The project will increase capacity and improve the fluidity of emerging export commodities such as bulk wood, mineral and agricultural products from Northern British … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) marked a milestone of more than 14,000 purchases or leases to date through its Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles program launched three months ago. This represents an estimated reduction of up to 36,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year, or 429,000 tonnes over the expected lifespan of these vehicles. Sales … Read more
Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) and Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Jonathan Wilkinson (North Vancouver, B.C.) are pleased to mark the coming-into-force of the Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act. The Act increases owner responsibility and liability for their vessels, addresses irresponsible vessel management, and enables the Government of Canada to proactively intervene to … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) on behalf of Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced an investment of $100,000 for Phase 2 of Intelligent Boating under Transport Canada’s Boating Safety Contribution Program. Transport Canada’s Boating Safety Contribution Program helps Canadians stay safe on the water by providing annual funding to support recreational boating projects focused on the … Read more
Transport Canada has issued monetary penalties of $7800 to each of the vessels Americaborg and Atlantic Spirit, for alleged non-compliance of the temporary mandatory slow down. The vessels’ owners have 30 days to pay their penalty or to ask the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada to review the facts of their individual violations or the amounts of their … Read more
Liberal MP Larry Bagnell (Yukon) on behalf of Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced a $118.2 million investment for a 100-kilometre section of the North Klondike Highway, which connects Whitehorse to Dawson City, will be rebuilt to accommodate increased truck traffic and be more resilient to the effects of changing climate. These investments, from the Government … Read more
