Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Clause 3 of the act says it is “binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or of a province”, so this act would apply to a province by virtue of this provision.

Transport committee  Yes. As Evelyn mentioned in her introductory remarks, international bridges have been governed until now by specific statutes. In many of them, if you read them, you will see there are provisions that enable the company to charge tolls. Depending on the statute, because for each

Transport committee  Prior to 1996 you need to go back to the specific statutes applicable to each bridge.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  You may have noticed that paragraphs 15(b) and 15(c) both have the word “tolls” in them. Paragraph 15(b), as you mentioned in your question, gives regulation-making powers vis-à-vis tolls, but you may also have noticed that it is to ensure the efficient flow of traffic. In other

Transport committee  It's not a mistake. In fact, this question was discussed at length with the Justice Department drafters. According to the Francophone drafter who helped us, the word “sûreté” has a broader meaning than the English term “security”, broad enough to embrace the meaning of the terms

Transport committee  Mr. Laframboise, I raised this question myself in my discussions with my drafter colleagues.

Transport committee  Currently, for each bridge, we have to analyze the legislation that enabled the creation and incorporation of the company in order to determine the scope of the legislation.

Transport committee  As you know, the Access to Information Act provides for a series of safeguards vis-à-vis confidential information. So assuming that information would be provided by those proposing to transfer a bridge to the minister for the purpose of exercising the approval process set out in

Transport committee  The rule of interpretation vis-à-vis the coming into force of a statute is that the statute comes into force on a date and applies from that moment into the future. So consistent with what Evelyn just mentioned, it means that all transactions that may happen prior to the coming i

Transport committee  My name is Éric Harvey. I work with Transport Canada's Legal Services.