Bill C-52 (Historical)

Fair Rail Freight Service Act

An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (administration, air and railway transportation and arbitration)

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 2013.

Sponsor

Denis Lebel  Conservative

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Canada Transportation Act to require a railway company, on a shipper’s request, to make the shipper an offer to enter into a contract respecting the manner in which the railway company must fulfil its service obligations to the shipper. It also creates an arbitration process to establish the terms of such a contract if the shipper and the railway company are unable to agree on them. The enactment also amends provisions related to air transportation to streamline internal processes and certain administrative provisions of that Act.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Votes

May 30, 2013 Passed That the Bill be now read a third time and do pass.
May 29, 2013 Passed That, in relation to Bill C-52, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (administration, air and railway transportation and arbitration), not more than one further sitting day shall be allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the Bill; and that, 15 minutes before the expiry of the time provided for Government Orders on the day allotted to the consideration of the third reading stage of the said Bill, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this Order, and, in turn, every question necessary for the disposal of the said stage of the Bill shall be put forthwith and successively, without further debate or amendment.

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on Feb. 12, 2013

  • Alain Langlois, Senior Legal Counsel, Team Leader Modal Transportation Law, Department of Transport
  • Annette Gibbons, Director General, Surface Transportation Policy, Department of Transport

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on Feb. 26, 2013

  • Robert Ballantyne, Chairman, Coalition of Rail Shippers
  • Wade Sobkowich, Representative, Coalition of Rail Shippers, and Executive Director, Western Grain Elevator Association
  • Catherine Cobden, Executive Vice-President, Forest Products Association of Canada
  • Richard Phillips, Executive Director, Grain Growers of Canada
  • Ian May, Chair, Western Canadian Shippers' Coalition
  • Greg Cherewyk, Executive Director, Pulse Canada
  • Allan Foran, Legal Counsel, Forest Products Association of Canada

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on Feb. 28, 2013

  • Richard Paton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
  • Fiona Cook, Director, Business and Economics, Chemistry Industry Association of Canada
  • Pierre Gratton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mining Association of Canada
  • Roger Larson, President, Canadian Fertilizer Institute
  • Jim Facette, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Propane Association
  • Claude Mongeau, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian National
  • François Tougas, Representative, Lawyer, McMillan LLP, Mining Association of Canada

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on March 5, 2013

  • Michael Bourque, President and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Association of Canada
  • Gord Peters, President and Chief Executing Officer, Cando Contracting Limited
  • Michael Murphy, Vice-President, Government Affairs, Law and Risk Management, Canadian Pacific Railway
  • Shauntelle Paul, General Manager, Service Delivery, Canadian National Railway Company
  • Sean Finn, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Legal Officer, Canadian National
  • Robert Taylor, Director, Government Affairs, Law and Risk Management, Canadian Pacific Railway

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on March 7, 2013

  • Andrew Mayer, Vice-President, Commercial and Regulatory Affairs, Prince Rupert Port Authority
  • Peter Xotta, Vice-President, Planning and Operations, Port Metro Vancouver
  • Stephen Edwards, President and Chief Executive Officer, Global Container Terminals
  • Greg Stewart, President, Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
  • George Malec, Vice-President, Business Development and Operations, Halifax Port Authority

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on March 26, 2013

  • Annette Gibbons, Director General, Surface Transportation Policy, Department of Transport
  • Alain Langlois, Senior Legal Counsel, Team Leader Modal Transportation Law, Department of Transport
  • Carolyn Crook, Director, Rail Policy, Department of Transport

Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee, on April 16, 2013

  • Annette Gibbons, Director General, Surface Transportation Policy, Department of Transport
  • Alain Langlois, Senior Legal Counsel, Team Leader Modal Transportation Law, Department of Transport