Canada Transportation Act

Marginal note:Regulations re information

• 50 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations requiring any persons referred to in subsection (1.1) who are subject to the legislative authority of Parliament to provide information, other than personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act, to the Minister, when and in the form and manner that the regulations may specify, for the purposes of

  • (a) national transportation policy development;

  • (b) reporting under section 52;

  • (c) operational planning;

  • (d) any safety, security or subsidy program;

  • (e) any infrastructure requirement;

  • (e.1) monitoring the grain transportation and handling system; or

  • (f) the administration of this Act.

• Marginal note:Efficiency of system

  (1.001) The Governor in Council may make regulations requiring any persons referred to in subsection (1.1) who are subject to the legislative authority of Parliament and any users, other than passengers, of the national transportation system to provide information, other than personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act, to the Minister, a person designated under section 6.11, any persons referred to in subsection (1.1) who are subject to the legislative authority of Parliament or any users, other than passengers, of the national transportation system, when and in the form and manner that the regulations may specify, for the purposes of ensuring the proper functioning of the national transportation system or increasing its efficiency.

• Marginal note:Class 1 rail carrier

  (1.01) The Governor in Council may make regulations requiring any class 1 rail carrier or class of those carriers to provide information, other than personal information as defined in section 3 of the Privacy Act, to the Minister or Agency, when and in the form and manner that the regulations may specify, for the purposes of

  • (a) determining the long-haul interswitching rate referred to in paragraph 134(1)(a); and

  • (b) communicating service and performance indicators to the public.

• Marginal note:Persons referred to

  (1.1) The persons for the purposes of subsection (1) are

  • (a) carriers;

  • (b) owners or operators of

    • (i) transportation undertakings,

    • (ii) transportation works, infrastructure, facilities or assets, and

    • (iii) grain handling undertakings;

  • (c) providers of services in relation to transportation, including

    • (i) the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority,

    • (ii) NAV CANADA, a corporation incorporated on May 26, 1995 under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act, chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, and

    • (iii) Pilotage Authorities named in the schedule to the Pilotage Act;

  • (d) intermediaries involved in transportation movements who are specified in the regulations; and

  • (e) any other person or class of persons specified in the regulations.

• Marginal note:Information to be provided

  (2) Information that is required to be provided under this section may include the following:

  • (a) financial information;

  • (b) information respecting traffic and operations;

  • (c) fitness and ownership information; and

  • (d) information respecting the performance of air carriers and providers of services in relation to air transportation with regard to passenger experience and the quality of service.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (3) No regulation made under subsection (1) or (1.001) shall require or have the effect of requiring any person to provide the Minister, a person designated under section 6.11, any persons referred to in subsection (1.1) who are subject to the legislative authority of Parliament or any users, other than passengers, of the national transportation system with a contract referred to in subsection 68(1) or a contract entered into under subsection 126(1) or under section 53 of the Canada Marine Act.

• Marginal note:Limitation

  (3.1) Subsection (3) does not apply in respect of a contract entered into under subsection 126(1) to the extent that the information is required for the purpose of monitoring the grain transportation and handling system.

• Marginal note:Report on the monitoring of the grain transportation and handling system

  (3.2) The Minister must prepare, within six months after the end of each crop year, a report on the monitoring of the grain transportation and handling system and cause the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the Minister prepares it, if the Minister

  • (a) makes a regulation under paragraph (1)(e.1); and

  • (b) uses or communicates the information provided under the regulation for the purpose of monitoring the grain transportation and handling system.

• Marginal note:Exemptions

  (4) The Minister may exempt a carrier or transportation undertaking from the application of all or any part of a regulation made under this section if the Minister is satisfied that it is not practicable for the carrier or transportation undertaking to provide the information.

• Marginal note:Consultations

  (5) The Minister may consult with the Agency or Statistics Canada before making any regulation under this section.