Canadian Transportation Agency

• January 17, 2023
• Freight

Canada: Lac-Mégantic Bypass Project Advancing

Nearly a decade after the horrific derailment of a crude oil unit train at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that claimed 47 lives and led to new regulations for railroad hazmat tank cars, Canada Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra on Jan. 14 announced that building a 12.5-km (7.75-mile) bypass to get trains out of downtown Lac-Mégantic “remains a priority.” While the government has signed agreements to acquire some of the land for the project, he said, it has decided not to extend the “mutual negotiation period” with the remaining impacted owners after doing so three times, so that the project can move forward.

• December 23, 2022
• Regulatory

Canadian Regulator Rules on Crop Year 2021–2022 Maximum Grain Revenue Entitlements

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Dec. 23 ruled that revenues of both CN and Canadian Pacific (CP) were above their respective maximum grain revenue entitlements for crop year 2021–2022.

• November 03, 2022
• Freight

Canada: Agreement-in-Principle for Lac-Mégantic Bypass

More than nine years after the horrific derailment of a crude oil unit train at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec that claimed 47 lives and led to new regulations for railroad hazmat tank cars, the

• December 23, 2021
• Regulatory

Canadian Regulator Rules on Grain ‘Entitlements’

In the 2020–2021 crop year, Canadian Pacific and CN collectively moved 52,334,795 metric tons of Western grain, 9.0% more than the volume moved during the previous crop year and the highest volume ever on record. For CN, its record volume comes at a price, as grain is a heavily regulated commodity in Canada, with revenue caps or “entitlements” set by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Canada’s equivalent of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

• December 06, 2021
• Intermodal

CN Milton Logistics Hub OK’d by CTA

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) last month released its decision to approve CN’s proposed C$250 million logistics hub/intermodal facility, to be built in Milton, Ontario.

• December 23, 2020
• Class I

Canada to CN, CP: ‘Here’s Your Bill for Excellent Grain Service’

The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ruled that CN and Canadian Pacific (CP) grain revenues for the 2019-20 crop year were above their respective Maximum Revenue Entitlements (MRE). Each railroad must pay the amount that exceeded MRE plus a 5% penalty.

• January 15, 2019
• Class I

CP’s Creel: CTA Vancouver service problem probe “irresponsible”

Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel has lashed out at the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) investigation of possible freight rail service problems at the Port of Vancouver, calling the agency’s probe “far-reaching” and “irresponsible.”

• January 03, 2019
• Class I

Canadian Pacific, CN top grain revenue caps

Ottawa is due repayment after Canada’s largest railroads, Canadian Pacific and CN, exceeded the maximum revenue for hauling grain allowed by federal law in 2017-2018.

• December 12, 2016
• Class I

STB signs MOU with Canadian Transportation Agency

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) announced that on Dec. 8 Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III visited the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) in Ottawa, Canada and signed a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate information sharing between the agencies.

• November 08, 2016
• Class I

CP launches website defensive to TSB fatigue findings

Canadian Pacific on November 8 launched a website in response to Canadian Transportation Safety Board (TSB) Chairwoman Kathy Fox’s Oct. 31 public pronouncement that 6% of human-caused rail incidents may have involved fatigue.