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List of consultations
| Closing date | Topic | Title | Description |
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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. |
| Closed | Aviation | Share and view ideas: A framework for the future of Canada’s air transportation system | A safe and reliable air transportation system is critical for Canada. As the air sector recovers from recent challenges, we want your input on how we could improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of Canada’s air transportation system. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk: Engine cut-off switches | We want your views on introducing new requirements on installing and using engine cut-off switches on certain recreational vessels. |
| Closed | Marine | Share and view ideas: Managing anchorages in the Salish Sea | An anchorage is a good place to anchor a vessel. Transport Canada is considering giving the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority more authority to manage commercial anchorages in the Salish Sea. (Feb 22 – April 23, 2023) |
| Closed | Marine | Consultation on updating the Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations (2021 submission) | The Vessel Operation Restriction Regulations explain the rules for vessels that navigate or operate in some Canadian waters. Each year, Transport Canada receives applications from local authorities to create or update navigation restrictions in order to make navigation safer, to protect the environment and to protect the public interest. We use this yearly process to update the regulations and make other small changes. We’re holding this consultation to collect feedback from key stakeholders, including Indigenous communities, about these policy changes.
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| Closed | Road | Let’s talk: Improving how we enforce commercial vehicle safety | We want your views on adding new contraventions (violations) to the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations. |
| Closed | Rail | Public consultation on hydrology and measures to mitigate the potential impacts of the Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project | Transport Canada (TC) invites the public to comment on the hydrogeological report as well as the updated environmental assessment report on the potential impacts of the Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project on groundwater and wetlands, and on the proposed mitigation and follow-up measures. |
| Closed | Rail | Let’s Talk: Safety Management Systems in the Rail Industry | Transport Canada is reviewing the 2015 Rail Safety Management System Regulations to see how we can strengthen SMS performance to improve rail safety. T The review will provide opportunities to identify issues that need to be addressed for oversight or regulatory amendments. Best practices, oversight approaches, and other issues identified will also be added to the extent possible. There will be several opportunities to provide comments. The first step is to get feedback from stakeholders and the public on the strengths and weaknesses of the current system. We’ve written a discussion paper and asked five questions to gather feedback and help facilitate the discussion. |
| Closed | TDG | Ton Containers for the Transportation of Dangerous Goods (CAN/CGSB-43.149) | The Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) has released the draft of Safety Standard CAN/CGSB-43.149 for a 60-day consultation period. Safety standard CAN/CGSB-43.149 sets out the requirements for designing, manufacturing, maintaining, qualifying, inspecting, marking, selecting, and using ton containers. |
| Closed | Marine | Share and view ideas: Strengthening marine safety and environmental protection through potential amendments to the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 | Transport Canada would like to hear your views on potential changes to the Canada shipping Act, 2001. We want to hear from Indigenous peoples and marine stakeholders that are directly involved in or affected by marine shipping. Your feedback will support discussions and decisions on the proposed legislative changes. |
| Closed | Marine | Share and view ideas: Alternative requirements for designing, constructing, and safety equipment for aquaculture barges | Currently, the requirements for inspecting, designing, constructing, equipping, and certifying aquaculture barges that carry or accommodate crew are outlined in 13 different regulations and standards made under the Canada Shipping Act, 2001. Transport Canada is proposing an alternative option to the design, construction, and safety equipment requirements. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk Marine Safety – Modernizing vessel traffic services | Canada tracks and manages marine traffic via three different regulations. Transport Canada wants your feedback on creating a new regulation to replace these three existing regulations. |
| Closed | Aviation | Let’s Talk Aviation Safety – Updating the Vancouver International Airport Zoning Regulations | Transport Canada wants to update the Vancouver International Airport Zoning Regulations, which haven’t been updated for over 30 years. The changes we’re proposing will limit the heights of future development near the airport. They will also include rules that minimize the risk of bird strikes and ban electronic interference with communications to and from aircraft. |
| Closed | Marine | Let’s Talk: Adding new contraventions to various marine security regulations | Transport Canada is proposing changes to the Contraventions Regulations . We want your thoughts on adding new contraventions to the Marine Transportation Security Act , the Marine Transportation Security Regulations and the Domestic Ferries Security Regulations . |
| Closed | Marine | What we heard: Proposed Marine Safety Management System Regulations | This webpage summarizes the feedback received on the Marine Safety Management System Regulations during the Canada Gazette, Part 1 comment period. |