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  "node_id": "canada-transportation-act-1996-cta-railway-freight",
  "title": "Canada Transportation Act 1996 - Railway Freight Access, Revenue Entitlement and Canadian Transportation Agency",
  "domain": "Logistics & Supply Chain",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-09",
  "bluf": "Canada's Canada Transportation Act (CTA, S.C. 1996, c. 10, as amended 2018 and 2023) administered by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA-Agency) and Transport Canada establishes the competitive framework for railway freight transport; mandates final offer arbitration (FOA) for shipper-railway freight rate disputes; provides for interswitching (level-of-service switching between competing railways) within prescribed distance limits; requires railways to meet adequate level of service obligations; establishes the Western Grain Railway Revenue Entitlement Cap (grain revenue cap) reviewed annually by CTA-Agency; and imposes administrative monetary penalties of up to CAD 100,000 per violation for railway and shipper compliance failures.",
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    "_note": "Full crosswalk values included in vault response"
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  "primary_citations_count": 6
}