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Introduction
Transport Canada has revised its policy regarding publication of the names of
corporations violating the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and the
Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR).
Corporate offenders will have their names published on this website along with a
summary of the offence and resulting sanctions. The names will be published in
accordance with the following criteria:
- After payment of a monetary penalty,
- Or a final decision of the court and only after all appeals have been
exhausted.
Previously, all enforcement information related to companies was
available to the public only after a specific request was made under the Access
to Information Act. That process was considered cumbersome and it did not
achieve fair and consistent treatment for all affected parties as not all
information on offenders ended up in the public domain. This new policy will
allow for consistent and equitable treatment of corporate offenders by making
all offences public.
The information published on this site will be updated regularly and will
remain posted for 12 months before being moved to archive pages of the Dangerous
Goods Standards website. Because of the various delays inherent with the Criminal Court processes, it is not abnormal to see the date of
a published violation posted 12 to 18 months after the infraction.
It should also be noted that only infractions for which a corporate entity is
charged will be posted on the web. This means that when a court decision is
rendered only
against an employee of a corporation, not the corporation, the information will not be published.
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