Press Release Department: Federal - Transport Canada

Transport Canada is launching Let’s talk transportation of dangerous goods. This website will gather feedback from Canadians, with the goal of updating the training requirements in the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations. Canadians, transportation stakeholders, provinces, territories, municipalities and Indigenous groups are invited to join the conversation on how dangerous goods are transported in Canada until the website … Read more

The Evergreen extension, which will bring reliable rapid transit service between Coquitlam, Port Moody and Burnaby, was officially opened by B.C. Premier Christy Clark, Liberal MP Dan Ruimy (Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge, B.C.) and representatives of the project’s partners. The $1.43 billion project has been delivered between $70 million and $85 million under the budget set in 2008. … Read more

Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) issued the following statement: “I welcome the Auditor General’s report, which examined Transport Canada’s activities in motor vehicle safety. Transport Canada’s safety requirements for vehicles, child seats, and tires are amongst the most stringent in the world. To further enhance the valuable work my department does for Canadians, we’re improving Transport … Read more

The Governments of Canada and British Columbia  announced the completion of the $17.3-million Highway 3 widening and realignment project approximately 30 kilometres west of Princeton. Five kilometres of highway between Sunday Creek and Sunday Summit have been widened to make it safer and easier for passing opportunities. The westbound Sunday Summit passing lane has been extended by 1.6 kilometres and the eastbound … Read more

Elders and members of the Kwikwetlem First Nation and special guests revealed a collection of First Nations cultural pieces at Coquitlam Central Station, one of the new stations on the soon-to-open Evergreen extension. The cultural pieces are displayed throughout the station in honour of the Kwikwetlem First Nation’s culture and to the enjoyment of the travelling … Read more

Liberal MP Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre, B.C.), Peter Fassbender, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and Minister Responsible for TransLink, Mayor Jonathan X. Coté, City of New Westminster, and Kevin Desmond, CEO of TransLink, celebrated the recent completion of the upgrades to New Westminster SkyTrain Station. The upgrades to New Westminster Station cost approximately $12 … Read more

Transport Minister Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, Que.) announced that the Government of Canada intends to introduce legislation that would raise the limit of international ownership of Canadian air carriers’ voting interests to 49 per cent, up from a ceiling of 25 per cent, with accompanying safeguards. The Government of Canada proposes to liberalize international ownership limits that would … Read more

Steven Del Duca, Ontario Minister of Transportation, accompanied by Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor; Daniel Miskokomon, Chief of Walpole Island First Nation; Reta Sands, Walpole Island First Nation Elder; and Lori Newton, Executive Director of Bike Windsor Essex, to officially open the trails on the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway in Windsor, Ont. The trail runs from Malden Rd. in the … Read more

In St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Dominic LeBlanc (Beauséjour, N.B.), and in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa-Centre, Ont.) announced a $1.5 billion national Oceans Protection Plan. The Plan improves marine safety and responsible shipping, protects Canada’s marine environment, and creates stronger partnerships with Indigenous … Read more

Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Linda Reimer announced that the $1.43-billion Evergreen rapid transit extension will officially open to the public in December 2016. Trains on the Evergreen extension are expected to start running on December 2, 2016. Information on the exact time the stations will open to the public will be provided soon. The full release is available … Read more