FMA of Canada / AGF du Canada
Registration:
11
of
14
(2023-04-24
to
2023-09-27)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Continuing discussion with Minister of Transport and Transport Canada officials on the forthcoming statutory review of the Canada Transportation Act, with emphasis on supply chain reliability, particularly rail and marine freight transportation.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Shipping Conferences Exemption Act (SCEA) with respect to shipping cartels and alliances. FMA is the shipper organization designated in the Act to provide input from the purchasers of marine freight transportation. Recent meetings with Canadian Transportation Agency and office of Commissioner of Competition on the use of SCEA to address possible violations of this law by shipping lines.
Policies or Program
- Decontamination of arriving marine containers. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is developing "best practice" guides for supply chain participants to minimize the importation of invasive plant and animal species into North America on or in shipping containers. FMA has been providing input to CFIA on the implications of this initiative on importers and working with CFIA to communicate the best practice guides to stakeholders.
- Liaison with Transport Canada and Natural Resources Canada on impacts of COVID-19 on all modes of freight transportation, particularly rail freight. More recently focusing on impacts of Trans-Pacific Container Lines regarding service problems and charges over-and-above contracted rates.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Budget 2023: Provide input to Transport Canada and other government departments on the supply chain and freight transportation items included in the budget, with emphasis on the proposed supply chain office and the temporary extension of regulated railway inter-switching limit.
Regulation
- Competition Bureau - Provide input regarding the application of Canadian competition law to the ocean container shipping lines, organized in "alliances" and that call at Canadian ports.
- Provide input to Transport Canada on the proposed revisions to the Transportation Information Regulations as outlined in Canada Gazette, Part I. requiring the Class 1 railways to report service information on a continuing basis to allow supply chain stakeholders to monitor rail freight service.
- Transport Drivers Hours-of-Service (HOS) Regulations. FMA provided input to the "Canada Gazette regulation requiring the installation of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in trucks to accurately monitor drivers' HOS. FMA continues to work with Transport Canada to communicate the details of the new regulation to the shipper community, including the commencement of enforcement of regulations commencing in January 2023.