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Long-Haul Interswitching reference materials now available
On May 23, 2018, amendments to the Canada Transportation Act (the Act) provided the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) with the authority to resolve disputes between a shipper and a local carrier related to Long-Haul Interswitching (LHI). The LHI provisions enable a shipper who has a dispute...
News | 2019-10-15
Long-Haul Interswitching: A guide for freight rail shippers and federal railway companies
This is not a legal document. The explanations and definitions provided are for general guidance purposes only. For legal information on Long-Haul Interswitching, see the Canada Transportation Act, section 129 and the proposed Rules of Procedure for Long-Haul Interswitching Adjudication. In...
Publication | 2019-10-15
Long-Haul Interswitching (LHI) - Checking your eligibility
Before you apply for LHI, you must check that you are eligible for this type of service. There are two steps: Step 1: Check that you meet the basic requirements for eligibility. Step 2: Check that nothing about your situation makes you ineligible. Disclaimer: This document is a reference tool...
Web page | 2019-10-15
Long-Haul Interswitching (LHI) - How to Authorize Someone Who is Not a Lawyer to Represent Your Company
Instructions If you are a shipper applying for LHI and you want someone from outside your company, who is not a lawyer, to represent you in the LHI adjudication, you must formally authorize that person to be your company's representative. You must also send us the authorization document. You can...
Web page | 2019-10-15
Long-Haul Interswitching (LHI) - How to Request Confidentiality
Instructions If you are a shipper applying for LHI and we accept your application, we will put the application and all supporting documents you send us on the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) public record. This means the information will be available to the public on request, or could be made...
Web page | 2019-10-15
Long-Haul Interswitching (LHI) - How to Provide an Undertaking to the Local Carrier
Instructions As the shipper applying for Long-Haul Interswitching, you must make an undertaking to the Local Carrier. The undertaking is your company's commitment to respect the terms of the LHI order, if you get it. As part of this, you commit to move the traffic with the Local Carrier between...
Web page | 2019-10-15
Guide to Railway Charges for Crossing Maintenance and Construction 2019
Effective October 15, 2019 Introduction The Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) is responsible for, among other duties, resolving disputes or facilitating the resolution of disputes related to railway crossings, as they arise between federal railway companies and other parties such as utility...
Publication | 2019-10-15
Administrative Burden Baseline Count and Annual Updates (2019)
In its Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, the Government committed to build on the efforts of the Paperwork Burden Reduction Initiative by requiring departments and agencies, through the Administrative Burden Baseline, to provide a count of the requirements in federal regulations that impose an...
Web page | 2019-10-11
Long-Haul Interswitching
Background On May 23, 2018, amendments to the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) provided the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) with the authority to resolve disputes between a shipper and a local carrier related to Long-Haul Interswitching (LHI). The LHI provisions enable a shipper who...
Web page | 2019-10-09
All-inclusive air price advertising
Part V.1 of the Air Transportation Regulations sets out requirements for all-inclusive air price advertising. These rules help consumers easily determine the total price of advertised air services, and encourage fair competition among advertisers of air services. Help with implementation...
Web page | 2019-10-08

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