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List of consultations
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| Marine | Let’s Talk Transportation: Domestic vessel oversight review | As part of our work promoting safety at sea under the Oceans Protection Plan, Transport Canada is reviewing how we oversee domestic commercial vessels. |
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| Road | Updated requirements for Technical Standards Document 108 | Transport Canada is seeking feedback on proposed changes to TSD 108. |
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| Marine | Potential regulations to increase access to marine emergency services and to improve response to pollution incidents | Transport Canada is seeking feedback on a discussion paper about potential regulations to increase access to marine emergency services and to improve response to pollution incidents. |
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| Marine | Review of the Shipping Conferences Exemption Act | We are reviewing how we regulate cooperative agreements between ocean carriers that transport marine cargo. We’re seeking specific feedback on the use of cooperative agreements in the maritime transportation industry. |
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| Closed | Marine | Let’s talk: Making Personal Flotation Devices/Lifejackets Mandatory for Recreational Boaters | Transport Canada is reviewing the mandatory use of PFDs/lifejackets for individuals on board recreational vessels. |
| TDG | Design, manufacture and use of UN Standardized drums, jerricans, boxes, bags, combination packaging, composite packaging and other packagings for the transport of dangerous goods, classes 3, 4, 5, 6.1, 8, and 9. (CAN/CGSB 43.150) | The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has released the draft of Safety Standard CAN/CGSB-43.150 for a 60-day consultation period. This standard is incorporated by reference within the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDG Regulations) and the new edition will come into force once published with a six-month phase-in (transitional) period. |
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| Closed | Marine | Let’s talk Administrative Monetary Penalty Regulations under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act | We’re seeking feedback on the proposed regulations to create administrative monetary penalties under the Canadian Navigable Waters Act. |
| Closed | Aviation | Proposal to repeal the Airport Vehicle Parking Charges Regulations | As part of our work updating regulations and how we deliver our services, Transport Canada wants to repeal the Airport Vehicle Parking Charges Regulations to introduce market-based parking fees at these airports |
| Closed | Road | Updated requirements for Technical Standards Document (TSD) 108 | We are looking for your feedback on the changes Transport Canada is proposing. |
| Closed | Road | Updating Canada’s theft protection options for new vehicles | Transport Canada is seeking your feedback on our possible approach to reducing vehicle theft in Canada. |
| Closed | Marine | Improving the safety of pilot transfer arrangements | Transport Canada is helping the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to revise the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulation V/23 and the associated instruments. Completing the work for these revisions is planned to end in 2024. |
| Closed | Marine | Canadian Navigable Waters Act legislative review | As part of the legislative review process of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act, this discussion paper will guide engagement with various stakeholders to find out where we can improve the Act, and where we can build upon successes. |
| Closed | Marine | Updating the regulations and standards for response organizations and oil handling facility operators | As part of the Oceans Protection Plan, the Government of Canada wants to update the regulations that control how Canada prepares for, and responds to, ship-source oil spills. Transport Canada wants your feedback on changes we’re considering for some of these regulations. |
| TDG | Public Notice – 60-day consultation for new editions of CSA B339, CSA B340, CSA B341, and CSA B342 | The New editions of the following standards are being developed by the Canadian Standards Association's (CSA) Technical Committee on Cylinders, Spheres, and Tubes for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods and are expected to be published in 2024. |
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| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Transportation: Public Interest Assessment of Bunge’s Proposed Acquisition of Viterra | Transport Canada is reviewing the proposed acquisition of Viterra Limited (Viterra) by Bunge Limited (Bunge) in accordance with the Canada Transportation Act. We want your input to help inform the review process. |
| Closed | Marine | The Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations: Providing provinces and municipalities with a greater role in managing their waterways | Transport Canada wants to modernize the VORR to make it faster, easier, and more effective for local authorities to implement restrictions. |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard: Long-term anchoring | From October 12 to December 11, 2023, Transport Canada held an online consultation to know what Canadians thought about how to manage vessels that anchor long-term on shared waterways. This report summarizes what we heard from the consultation. |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard: Public consultation on the modernization of the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations | Transport Canada held an online consultation from October 12 to December 11, 2023, to give Canadians the chance to comment on the proposed approach to modernize the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations (VORR) by streamlining the process for implementing vessel operation restrictions. This report summarizes what we heard during this public consultation. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk: Long-term anchoring | Transport Canada is consulting on whether to regulate long-term anchoring. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Polar Code: Adding new vessel types to the Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations | Consultation regarding adding new vessel types to the Arctic Shipping Safety and Pollution Prevention Regulations. |
| Closed | Marine | What We Heard: Public Consultation on the Regulations Amending the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations (submission 2021) | From June 17, 2023 to August 16, 2023, the changes we’ve proposed for the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations were available for public comment through the Canada Gazette, Part 1. This report summarizes what we heard during this public consultation. |
| Closed | Rail | Let’s Talk: Amendments to the Railway Safety Act in Bill C-33 | A consultation on amendments to the Railway Safety Act in Bill C-33 |
| Closed | Aviation | Let’s Talk Interference with CATSA Screening at Airports | Transport Canada wants to add regulations that would fine and ban people when they are unruly and interfere with CATSA’s screening process at airport screening checkpoints. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s talk: Labour shortages in Canada’s marine transportation sector | Transport Canada wants to better understand the possible impacts of labour shortages in Canada’s marine transportation sector and also wants your feedback on possible solutions. |
| Closed | Aviation | Modernizing the Canadian Aviation Regulations: General Aviation | Transport Canada is conducting a regulatory review to modernize the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) and its associated Standards. This work aims to make the regulatory framework more agile, coherent and risk adverse to better serve the needs of the aviation sector. We would like to hear from you on how we can enhance, improve, or modernize regulations related to general aviation, with a focus on balloon, hang glider, ultralight, and parachute operations. |