Bill C-371
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- Canada Transportation Act Canada Transportation Act
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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (passenger rail service)
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FIRST READING, December 13, 2023
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Mr. Bachrach |
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canada Transportation Act to require that railway companies give priority to passenger rail service over the movement of freight and to provide for administrative monetary penalties for contraventions of this requirement.
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1st Session, 44th Parliament, 70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023 |
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HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA |
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BILL C-371 |
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An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (passenger rail service) |
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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1 This Act may be cited as the Rail Passenger Priority Act.
1996, c. 10
Canada Transportation Act
2 The Canada Transportation Act is amended by adding the following after section 139:
Priority for passenger rail service
Start of inserted block139.1 If there is any conflict in respect of the operation of a railway line between the movement of traffic and the movement of passengers, railway companies must give priority to passenger rail service on that railway line.
End of inserted block3 Section 177 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2.1):
Section 139.1
Start of inserted block(2.11) The contravention of section 139.1 may be proceeded with as a violation in accordance with sections 179 and 180. The maximum amount payable for each violation is $250,000.
End of inserted block4 The portion of subsection 178(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Notices of violation
178 (1) The Agency, in respect of a violation referred to in subsection 177(1), (2.1) or (3), or the Minister, in respect of a violation referred to in subsection 177(2), (2.001), (2.01), Insertion start (2.11) Insertion end or (2.2), may
5 Subsection 180.8(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Delegation by Minister
(2) In the case of a violation referred to in subsection 177(2), (2.001), (2.01), Insertion start (2.11) Insertion end or (2.2), the Minister may delegate to the Agency any power, duty or function conferred on the Minister under this Part.
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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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