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Purpose of this Code
This Code contains accessibility standards developed to improve the communication of transportation-related information for persons with disabilities on a systemic basis as they use the federal transportation network.
While this Code focuses on the information needs of...
Publication | 2016-03-31
Part 1: Background and Purpose
Background
Most dispute adjudication cases before the Agency will proceed by way of written pleadings. Where this is the case, parties do not appear in person before the Agency, but instead submit their evidence and arguments in writing.
In some cases, however, the...
Web page | 2016-01-06
Introduction
Transportation service providers are required to assist their passengers with disabilities and are guided by the Canadian Transportation Agency's accessibility standards (including regulations and codes of practice), which help ensure that air and federal rail, ferry and bus services...
Publication | 2016-03-10
Executive summary
Background
The Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) is an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal and economic regulator. It makes decisions and determinations on a wide range of matters involving air, rail and marine modes of transportation under the authority of Parliament, as...
Web page | 2016-02-22
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Ottawa, Ontario
April 21, 2016
Scott Streiner speaking at the NACC symposium
Good morning everybody.
It's a pleasure to be here with you this morning. This is actually the first speech that I'm delivering in my role as Chair and CEO of the CTA, and it's nice...
Speeches | 2016-04-27
Background
The Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) is responsible for ensuring that undue obstacles to the mobility of persons with disabilities are removed from air and federal rail, ferry and bus services and facilities. It seeks to remove these obstacles by:
administering regulations and...
Publication | 2016-06-08
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It’s a pleasure to be here today, 10 months after I assumed leadership of the Canadian Transportation Agency. That’s still early enough, I think, to look at the organization and issues before it with fresh eyes, but long enough to have developed some views and plans. I would...
Speeches | 2016-05-27
Most provisions of the – over 200 – are now in force. More complex provisions are being phased-in over two years until 2022.
The ATPDR have been amended to correct errors and inconsistencies so that the ATPDR are as clear as possible. In addition, the Canadian Transportation Agency Designated...
Consultation | 2016-05-31
June 6, 2016 – Gatineau, QC – Canadian Transportation Agency
As part of the Regulatory Modernization Initiative announced last week, the Agency is launching the first phase of its regulatory review, which focuses on accessible transportation.
To advance this initiative, the Agency will be meeting...
News | 2016-06-06
Part 1 - Insurance Requirements - Background and Features
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this guide is to assist stakeholders to understand and comply with the new insurance requirements under the Safe and Accountable Rail Act (SARA) and to inform them about the process that the Canadian...
Publication | 2016-06-15