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No. H085/01
For release June 29, 2001
FINAL REPORT ON CANADA TRANSPORTATION ACT REVIEW RECEIVED
OTTAWA - Transport Minister David Collenette today received the Final
Report of the panel reviewing the Canada Transportation Act
(CTA).
“I would like to thank the members of the CTA Review Panel for their
excellent work over the last year in conducting this review,” said Mr. Collenette. “The panel has made some 90 recommendations on how to improve the
national transportation system and we will take the time necessary for a
thorough review of the report to address the complex transportation issues the
panel has identified and to draft any amendments to the Act.”
The CTA Review Panel’s Final Report will be tabled in Parliament at
the first possible opportunity, which could be as early as July 18, at which
time it will also be made public.
When the CTA came into effect in 1996, it required that a comprehensive
review be undertaken within four years. The CTA Review Panel began its work on
July 1, 2000, and was given a one-year mandate to review the CTA which pertains
to the economic regulation of transportation activities and falls under the
responsibility of the Minister of Transport. In addition to a six-month interim
report on rail access issues, the Minister asked that the panel consider:
- the effectiveness of the legislative and regulatory environment to
sustain capital expenditures required to enhance productivity and promote
innovation;
- support for Canadian transportation stakeholders in meeting global
logistics requirements and adapting to the new e-business environment;
- public policy issues that may emerge from newly arising industry
structures;
- government powers to support sustainable development objectives; and
- the advisability of measures to preserve urban rail corridors for future
mass-transit use.
“Our goal should be nothing less than the best national transportation
system in the world,” added Mr. Collenette. “We will use this report as an
important building block in our current work to create a transportation
blueprint that will take us into the next decade and set out future directions
and actions.”
The transportation blueprint project, which the Minister launched earlier
this year, is intended to renew the transportation agenda of the Government of
Canada by developing a strategy that will guide future decisions. The project
will build upon the work of the CTA Review Panel, the Transportation Climate
Change Table, the June 2000 Transportation Millennium Conference and
round table
discussions held earlier this month.
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Contact: Anthony Polci, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister,
Ottawa, (613) 991-0700
Transport Canada is online at www.tc.gc.ca.
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