Transport Canada
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| State level | Federal level | ||
| Position of the authority | Ministry | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Government of Canada | ||
| Consist | since 1935 | ||
| Arose from | Department of Railways and Canals and Department of Marine and Fisheries |
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| Headquarters | Ottawa , Ontario | ||
| Minister of transport | Marc Garneau | ||
| Employee | 5,154 (as of March 31, 2016) | ||
| Website | www.tc.gc.ca | ||
Transport Canada ( TC , English ) or, due to the state's Canadian bilingualism, also Transports Canada ( TC , French ) is the name of the Ministry of Transport in Canada , headquartered in Ottawa . The agency is responsible for all traffic areas in Canada. The authority is responsible for air, sea, rail and road transport. The responsible transport minister has been Marc Garneau since 2015.
history
The Ministry was founded in 1935 during the tenure of William Lyon Mackenzie King , prompted by the rapidly changing traffic conditions . In order to ensure a more efficient operation, you put the Department of the "rail and channel beings " ( Department of Railways and Canals ) with the "Department of Maritime Affairs" ( Department of Marine and Fisheries ) and civilian units for aviation from the Ministry of Defense together ( Department of Transportation ).
Prior to 1994, Transport Canada had a wide range of responsibilities. The "Canadian Coast Guard", the " St. Lawrence Seaway ", airports and seaports as well as the " VIA Rail Canada " and the " Canadian National Railway " were under their control. Due to the privatization of CN-Rail, the politically desired independence of the coast guard and the transfer of administrative tasks for smaller seaports and airports to local authorities, “Transport Canada” became a fundamentally different organization. From then on she concentrated on market regulation and the drafting of laws in the transport sector .
Until 1996, Transport Canada was responsible for regulating air traffic, ongoing flight control and the operation of the airports. On November 1, 1996, a distribution of tasks took place, according to which only the regulatory tasks remained with Transport Canada. All other matters relating to civil aviation were transferred to the state-owned company NAV CANADA . Among other things, this change resulted in service charges for services that were previously offered free of charge.
When the Federal Aviation Administration closed the entire US airspace after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and diverted all international flights still on the approach to Canada, Transport Canada started " Operation Yellow Ribbon ". For the only time in its history, it sealed off Canadian airspace as part of this action plan.
Registrar of Imported Vehicles, RIV
All vehicles that are to be imported into Canada must meet legal standards set by Transport Canada and monitored by the "RIV". As a commercially managed company, the RIV can charge fees for issuing the necessary import and approval documents. The RIV is also responsible for the rules and implementation of the general inspection . It is not to be confused with the Regolamento Internazionale Veicoli (also "RIV").
Regional offices
The agency has offices in Vancouver , Winnipeg , Toronto , Montreal and Moncton, among others .
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ The Honorable Marc Garneau. Government of Canada, October 30, 2016, accessed April 14, 2014 .
- ^ Population of the Federal Public Service by Department. Government of Canada - Department of Treasury, September 22, 2016, accessed February 27, 2017 .
- ^ Status Report on ATC Privatization in Canada , Aviation Publishing Group, March 24, 1997
- ↑ Chronology - Transport Canada responds to September 11 attacks ( Memento from January 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Transport Canada, October 10, 2006
- ^ Registrar of Imported Vehicles - RIV