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Canadian Transportation Agency

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The CTA is responsible for the issuance of a Certificate of Fitness for each federal railway. A board is required to evaluate details like insurance coverage, without which the railway cannot maintain its Certificate of Fitness.
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The agency is divided into five branches: Chair's Office; Corporate Management Branch; Legal and Alternative Dispute Resolution Services Branch; Dispute Resolution Branch; Industry Regulation and Determinations Branch.
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In 2020, the agency received 8000 complaints between March and September over airline policies to issue travel vouchers rather than refunds for passengers cancelling their flight bookings during the
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Consumer responsibilities were expanded in 2000, when the post of Air Travel Complaints Commissioner was created under its stewardship. The first Air Travel Complaints Commissioner was
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provided for "the removal of commercial air services from the jurisdiction of the Board of Transport Commissioners." At the same time, the
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Accessibility: to ensure that the national transportation system is accessible, particularly to persons with disabilities; and
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in addition to those jurisdictions inherited by the Board of Railway Commissioners. On 11 September 1944, amendments to the
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The Agency also shares responsibility for administering other Acts and their related regulations, including:
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The history of the Canadian Transportation Agency originates in February 1904 with the establishment of the
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The Board of Railway Commissioners was replaced by the Board of Transportation Commissioners through the
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overhauled the CTC and replaced it with the National Transportation Agency. On May 29, 1996, the
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is the Agency's enabling statute to implement the federal government's transportation policy.
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and established the Canadian Transportation Agency, which began operations on July 2.
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created a new Air Transport Board to provide licensing and regulatory functions.
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The agency is headed by five full-time members, including the
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that makes decisions relating to federally-regulated
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Quasi-judicial tribunal of the Government of Canada
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Canada Transportation Act
Transport Canada

Terrasses de la Chaudière
Canadian Transport Commission
Government of Canada
Gatineau
Quebec
www.otc-cta.gc.ca
French
quasi-judicial
tribunal
Government of Canada
modes of transportation
air
rail
marine
Terrasses de la Chaudière
Gatineau
Quebec
Dispute resolution
Economic regulation
chairman
chief executive officer
vice chairman
Board of Railway Commissioners
telegraphs
express companies
inland waterways
airlines

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