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This database contains all public Decisions, Determinations, Orders and certain interim Decisions made by the Canadian Transportation Agency since 1988. Some decisions are confidential and are not published.
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SUMMARY
[1] The Agency has determined CN’s and CP’s revenue covered by the MRE for the 2019‑2020 crop year. For both railway companies, revenues were above their respective MREs.
[2] Table 1 summarizes the MRE, revenue, the amount above the MRE and the payout of excess revenue plus penalty for...
R-2020-207 | Determination | 2020-12-22
SUMMARY
[1] This is the Agency’s determination of the 2021 regulated interswitching rates pursuant to Part III, Division IV of the CTA. It builds on the methodology set out in Determination No. R-2018-254 (2019 interswitching rates Determination) and Determination No. R-2019-230 (2020...
R-2020-194 | Determination | 2020-11-30
GEXR applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) to vary Certificate of Fitness No. 98001-3 to reflect:
the new operating agreement between GEXR and Guelph Junction Railway Limited (GJR), that allows GEXR to operate over GJR's Goderich Subdivision, from Guelph Junction station (mileage...
R-2020-185 | Determination | 2020-11-17
[1] On May 28, 2020, in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 94(a) of the Canada Transportation Act, SC 1996, c 10 (CTA), the COF Holders, through their parent company Skagway Port and Rail, Inc. (SPRI), notified the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) that...
R-2020-186 | Determination | 2020-11-10
ISSUES
[1] In determining whether to grant the section 98 authorization that CN seeks in order to relocate a portion of the Champlain Subdivision located between mileages 2.67 and 3.88 to the new mileages between mileages 2.67 and 4.16, the Agency must decide:
whether the Crown has...
R-2020-166 | Determination | 2020-09-23
CSXThas requested that the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) vary Certificate of Fitness No. 97004-5 to include an authorization to carry crude oil, as per Schedule IV of the CTA, in its operations in Canada.
Paragraph 92(1)(b) of the CTA provides for issuance of a certificate of fitness if...
R-2020-165 | Determination | 2020-09-22
BACKGROUND
[1] On April 8, 2020, Capital Railway applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency), pursuant to paragraph 93(1)(c) of the CTA, to vary Certificate of Fitness No. 00002-4 to remove its authorization for “ …the improvements and operation of a railway for the...
R-2020-84 | Determination | 2020-05-04
SUMMARY
[1] The Agency has determined:
CN’s VRCPI for the 2020–2021 crop year to be 1.4202, a decrease of 2.04 percent from the 2019–2020 crop year.
CP’s VRCPI for the 2020–2021 crop year to be 1.4205, a decrease of 7.22 percent from the 2019–2020 crop year.
[2] The Agency will use these...
R-2020-81 | Determination | 2020-04-30
Canadian National Railway Company - adjustment to the 2019–2020 Volume‑Related Composite Price Index
SUMMARY
[1] The Agency set the 2019–2020 VRCPI in Determination No. R-2019-68, issued on April 30, 2019, and subsequently varied it in Determination No. R-2019-221, issued on November 26, 2019.
[2] On February 3, 2020, CN filed an application requesting that its VRCPI be...
R-2020-68 | Determination | 2020-04-21
INTRODUCTION
[1] On May 15, 2019, CP filed an application with the Agency pursuant to subsection 98(2) of the CTA for approval to construct the Scotford extension in Fort Saskatchewan. The Agency subsequently asked CP for supplemental information regarding the construction of the Scotford...
R-2020-65 | Determination | 2020-04-17