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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 MRE and revenue covered by the MRE for the 2017-2018 crop year. For both railway companies, revenues were above their respective MREs.
[2] Table 1 summarizes the MRE, revenue, and payout calculations:
Table 1
MRE
Revenue...
R-2018-276 | Determination | 2018-12-31
INTRODUCTION
[1] STPP applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) for a certificate of fitness to operate a railway in the province of British Columbia, through a lease agreement with BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), between the Canada/United States border at or about mileage 139.9 near...
R-2018-275 | Determination | 2018-12-28
VIA applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) to vary the Appendix to Certificate of Fitness No. 97012-5 to reflect a change in railway operations and circumstances relating to those operations.
Certificate of Fitness No. 97012-5 dated March 9, 2016 permits VIA to operate on its own...
R-2018-263 | Determination | 2018-12-06
SUMMARY
[1] This is the Agency’s determination of the 2019 regulated interswitching rates pursuant to Part III, Division IV of the CTA.
[2] Subsection 127.1(1) of the CTA requires that, no later than December 1 of every year, the Agency determine the rate per car to be charged for interswitching...
R-2018-254 | Determination | 2018-11-30
BACKGROUND
[1] HBR is a federally-regulated railway company. It holds a certificate of fitness issued by the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) on April 29, 1997, and operates railway lines between Flin Flon Junction and Flin Flon, Manitoba; between Sherritt Junction and Lynn Lake, Manitoba;...
R-2018-226 | Determination | 2018-10-31
SUMMARY
[1] In accordance with the provisions of the Transportation Modernization Act, which received Royal Assent on May 23, 2018, the Agency has re-determined:
Canadian National Railway Company’s (CN) VRCPI for the 2018-2019 crop year to be 1.4114, an increase of 2.1 percent from the 2017-2018...
R-2018-225 | Determination | 2018-10-25
SUMMARY
[1] Savage applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) for a certificate of fitness to operate a railway. The Agency dismisses the application, having found that the railway does not fall within the legislative authority of Parliament and thus, is not within the purview of the...
R-2018-215 | Determination | 2018-10-09
BACKGROUND
[1] On June 13, 2018, the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) issued Decision No. CONF‑11‑2018 (Decision), following pleadings in respect of an application by Mark Rosner against HBR pursuant to sections 116 and 146 of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, as...
R-2018-190 | Determination | 2018-08-21
SUMMARY
[1] On April 24, 2018, Tata Steel Minerals Canada Limited (TSMC) requested that the Agency, pursuant to sections 26 and 118 of the CTA, order TRT to issue a tariff in respect of the movement of TSMC’s iron ore by rail.
[2] On May 8, 2018, TRT issued a document which it contends constitutes...
R-2018-184 | Determination | 2018-08-09
CN applied, on behalf of TTR, to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) to vary Certificate of Fitness No. 99002-2 to permit TTR to conduct switching operations for CN and for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) in the Vancouver area, in the province of British Columbia, as set out below...
R-2018-175 | Determination | 2018-07-31