What Canada Transportation Act 1996 - Railway Freight Access, Revenue Entitlement and Canadian Transportation Agency requires
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.
Pillar: Logistics & Supply Chain · Authority: Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA-Agency); Transport Canada · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/home
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Primary Citations — 6 traced to source
- Section 55 (Certificate of Fitness); Section 113 (level-of-service obligation); Sections 116A-116B (level-of-service complaint and SLA arbitration); Sections 127-129 (interswitching at regulated rates); Sections 130-136 (Competitive Line Rate); Sections 150-152 (Western Grain Revenue Cap); Sections 161-169 (Final Offer Arbitration) — Canada Transportation Act (S.C. 1996, c. 10, as amended 2018 and 2023) - Justice Canada
- Level-of-service complaint process and timeline; FOA procedure; interswitching rate orders; SLA arbitration; Certificate of Fitness application; annual interswitching rate schedule; Administrative Monetary Penalties — Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA-Agency) - Dispute Resolution Services
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