Railway bridge evaluation
Introduction
Transport Canada (in French: Transports Canada)[note 1]is the department of the Government of Canada in charge of developing and issuing regulations, policies and regulating services in air, road, rail, and maritime transportation within Canadian territory. It is part of the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC). The current Minister of Transport is Chrystia Freeland. Transport Canada's headquarters are located in Ottawa, Ontario.[1].
History
Transport Canada was created in 1935 by then-Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in recognition of the changing Canadian transportation environment at the time. Transport Canada merged three departments: the Department of Railways and Waterways, the Department of the Navy and the Civil Aviation Branch of the Department of National Defense (c. 1927, when it replaced the Canadian Air Board) under the direction of CD Howe"), who would use the ministry to rationalize the governance and services of all modes of transportation (air, sea and land). He created the National Ports Board and Trans-Canada Air Lines. The Transport Canada Act came into force on November 2, 1936.
Prior to the reorganization of Canada's federal government in 1994, Transport Canada had a wide range of operational responsibilities, including the Canadian Coast Guard, the St. Lawrence Seaway, airports and seaports, as well as Via Rail and CN Rail. Significant cuts to Transport Canada at the time resulted in the privatization of CN Rail, the transfer of the coast guard to Fisheries and Oceans, and the waterway and several ports and airports to local operating authorities. Transport Canada emerged from this process as a ministry focused on policy and regulation, rather than transportation operations.
In 2004, Transport Canada introduced a "passenger screening system" to improve airport and civil aviation security.
Headquarters
Although Transport Canada's main headquarters are located in Ottawa, at Place de Ville, Tower C. Transport Canada also has several regional headquarters in:.
• - Vancouver – Government of Canada Building, 820-800 Burrard Street.