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Introduction
The Access to Information Act (ATIA) enacted in 1983, grants Canadian citizens, permanent residents and any person or corporation present in Canada the right to access the records of federal institutions subject to the ATIA. This...
Web page | 2020-11-19
Case No. 20-01590
September 30, 2020
Prepared by: Tom Oommen, Inquiry Officer
Appointment of Inquiry Officer and Scope of the Inquiry Officer’s Report
On February 13, 2020, the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) opened an inquiry into complaints from passengers alleging that air carriers...
Web page | 2020-11-05
Overview
Total rulings by Members
Appointed by the Governor in Council, the Agency's Members are responsible for rendering decisions and orders related to formal complaints or applications, as well as addressing other issues affecting Canada's national transportation system.
As objective and...
Web page | 2020-11-04
What is a crossing?
A ''crossing'' is a road or other way across a railway line, either at level (grade crossing) or by going underneath or overhead (grade separation).
"Private crossing" means one used by landowners – such as farmers – and "road crossing" usually means one used by the general...
Web page | 2020-11-03
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 | 2020-09-30
Introduction
As part of its mandate to support the efficiency of Canada's national transportation system, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) calculates regulated cost of capital rates, which the CTA uses in various rail related determinations – including regulated interswitching and the...
Web page | 2020-09-25
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Purpose
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The CTA's vision is to make Canada's national transportation system the most...
Web page | 2020-09-08
In 2019–20, the CTA worked with government partners at the Canadian mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) during both the ICAO General Assembly and sessions of the Facilitation Panel (FALP) to raise the profile of accessibility in air travel.
The CTA led efforts to...
Web page | 2020-08-26
The CTA created an International Working Group (IWG) to develop recommendations for future action related to issues around the safe storage and transportation of wheelchairs and other mobility aids and hosted an international forum in June 2018. IWG members included airlines and their trade...
Web page | 2020-08-26
Accessible transportation is an essential part of modern life and important for all Canadians. About one in five of Canadians has a disability, and this proportion is growing as the average age of the population rises.
Air travel is global – but from one country to another, there are different...
Web page | 2020-08-26