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List of arbitrators for arbitration pursuant to sections 36.2, 169.42 and 169(1) of the Canada Transportation Act
List of Arbitrators call out The Canadian Transportation Agency is expanding its List of Arbitrators (List). As required by subsections 169(1) and 169.42(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, we periodically consult on the List’s composition and make revisions. With the help of the ADR...
Web page | 2024-05-08
Western grain: Maximum Revenue Entitlement program
The Agency is required by the Canada Transportation Act to set annual Maximum Revenue Entitlements (MRE) for CN and CPKC for the movement of western grain and determine whether each entitlement has been exceeded. For more information, see: The Maximum Revenue Entitlement: A Guide Agency...
Web page | 2024-04-30
Agency determinations related to the maximum revenue entitlement
To learn more about the revenue cap, see The Maximum Revenue Entitlement: A Guide. Crop year VRCPI determination MRE determination Related determinations 2024-2025 Determination No. R-2024-63     2023-2024 Determination No. R-2023-91...
Web page | 2024-04-30
CTA announces Volume-Related Composite Price Indices for Crop Year 2024–2025 for CN and CPKC
April 29, 2024 – Gatineau, QC – Canadian Transportation Agency The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) has announced its determination of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index (VRCPI) for the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) at 1.9281 and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) at  1....
News | 2024-04-29
Agency approved cost of capital rates for transportation of Western grain
The Agency determines the cost of capital rates to be used for the development of the Volume-Related Composite Price Index, under subsection 151(1) of the Canada Transportation Act. The rates are approved each year in March for the upcoming crop year (August 1 - July 31). Canadian National...
Web page | 2024-04-26
Accounting, rates and cost determinations
Each year, prescribed railways use the Agency’s Uniform Classification of Accounts and Related Railway Records to report their operating expenses, revenues and other statistics to the Agency, Transport Canada and Statistics Canada. The Agency uses this information, along with its amortization and...
Web page | 2024-04-26
Agency-approved cost of capital rates for other regulatory purposes
Canadian National Railway Company (CN) Year Long-term debt rate Deferred taxes rate Common equity pre-tax Cost of capital pre-tax weighted rate 2022 4.24% 0.00% 9.68% 5.75% 2021...
Web page | 2024-04-26
Interswitching
What is interswitching? Interswitching is the transfer of traffic between two railway companies (railways). One railway takes a shipper’s freight part of the way between origin and destination. It then transfers the freight to a competing railway with which the shipper has made arrangements for...
Web page | 2024-04-16
Notice to Industry: Standard Point Location Codes
April 15, 2024 – National Capital Region (Gatineau, QC/Ottawa, ON) – Canadian Transportation Agency & Railway Association of Canada The Canadian Transportation Agency (the Agency) has been the official source of providing and maintaining Standard Point Location Codes (SPLCs) for shipping rail...
News | 2024-04-15
Maximum Grain Revenue Entitlements for Crop Year 2022–2023
OTTAWA – December 21, 2023 – In a determination issued today, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled that revenues of both the Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway Company (CPKC) were above their respective maximum grain revenue entitlements...
News | 2023-12-21

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