Transport Canada proposes new data collection regs for Class Is

Transport Canada is accepting comments on a preliminary proposal to collect new data from Class Is, including service and performance information that would be made public.

Written comments will be accepted until Feb. 26, 2021. Improving the service and performance information collected for Canada's freight-rail sector will help meet the federal government's objective of enhanced transparency as part of the Transportation Modernization Act, Transport Canada officials said in a press release.

Having access to detailed rail service and performance information will contribute to more productive exchanges among supply chain members, they said.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced the comment period during last week's 2020 Commodity Supply Chain Table, a supply chain discussion forum that focuses on the resiliency, efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's freight-rail system.

Discussion topics included the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on freight-rail transportation and the nation's supply chain.