The bill enacts a new statute to regulate VIA Rail Canada's governance, operations, and obligations, and amends the Canada Transportation Act to enable a railway company to electrify the tracks of another railway company, to give priority to VIA Rail Canada trains on the track of another railway company, and to provide public passenger service performance standards.
The bill does not concern a question that is outside federal jurisdiction and does not clearly violate the Constitution Acts. It does not concern a question that is substantially the same as one already voted on by the House of Commons and does not concern a question that is currently on the order paper or notice paper as an item of government business.