Canada Transportation Act

Marginal note:Industry review

• 52 (1) Each year the Minister shall, before the end of May, lay before Parliament a report briefly reviewing the state of transportation in Canada in respect of the preceding year, including

  • (a) the financial viability of each mode of transportation and its contribution to the Canadian economy and the development of the regions;

  • (b) the extent to which carriers and modes of transportation were provided resources, facilities and services at public expense;

  • (c) the extent to which carriers and modes of transportation received compensation, indirectly or directly, for the resources, facilities and services that were required to be provided as an imposed public duty; and

  • (d) any other transportation matters that the Minister considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:First year

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of the year in which this Act comes into force if this Act was not in force for more than four months in that year.