AAC
average annual change

AAG
average annual growth

AC
Air Canada

ACROSS
Accelerated Commercial Release Operations Support System

AFTP
Atlantic Freight Transition Program

ANERA
Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement

ANS
Air Navigation System

APA
Atlantic Pilotage Authority

APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

ARFA
Atlantic Region Freight Assistance Program

ATM
air traffic management

ATT
air transportation tax

BPX
bus parcel express

CAFC
corporate average fuel consumption

CAI
Canadian Airlines International Limited

CALURA
Corporations and Labour Unions Returns Act

CAR
Canadian Aviation Regulations

CARAC
Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council

CCA
capital cost allowance

CCG
Canadian Coast Guard

CCME
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment

CCMTA
Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators

CEAA
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency

CFC
chlorofluorocarbon

CFOA
Canadian Ferry Operators Association

CH4
methane

CMA
Canada Marine Act (proposed)

CMAC
Canadian Marine Advisory Council

CN
Canadian National Railways

CO
carbon monoxide

CO2
carbon dioxide

COC
cost of capital

COFC
container on flat car

COPWA
Carriage of Passengers by Water Act

CP
Canadian Pacific Railway Company

CPA
Canada Port Authority

CPI
consumer price index

CRS
computer reservation system

CSA
Canada Shipping Act

CSC
Canadian Shippers Council

CSCB
Canadian Society of Customs Brokers

CTA
Canadian Transportation Agency

CTA
Canada Transportation Act

DFO
Department of Fisheries and Oceans

DWT
deadweight tonnage

EDI
Electronic data interchange

FTA
Free Trade Agreement

GATS
General Agreement on Trade in Services

GDP
gross domestic product

GEASA
Group of Experts on Aviation Safety and Assistance

GLPA
Great Lakes Pilotage Authority

HNS
hazardous and noxious substances

IATA
International Air Transport Association

ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization

IMC
International Maritime Centre

IMO
International Maritime Organization

ITS
Intelligent Transportation Systems

LPA
Laurentian Pilotage Authority

LTL
less-than-truckload

MAI
Marine Atlantic Inc.

MCTS
Marine Communications and Traffic Services

MHB
materials hazardous when in bulk

MLO
Montreal-Lake Ontario segment

MNS
Marine Navigation System

MOU
memorandum of understanding

MVFCSA
Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act

MVTA
Motor Vehicle Transport Act, 1987

N2O
nitrous oxide

NAFTA
North American Free Trade Agreement

NAP
National Airports Policy

NAS
National Airports System

NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NCL
Northern Cruiser Ltd.

NFL
Northumberland Ferries Ltd.

NGMTS
Negotiating Group on Maritime Transport Services

NHS
National Highway System

NOx
nitrogen oxides

NSC
National Safety Code

NTA
National Transportation Act, 1987

O3
ozone

ODS
ozone-depleting substance

OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

ONR
Ontario Northland Railway

PPA
Pacific Pilotage Authority

RFP
request for proposals

RPDI
real personal disposable income

RSER
Rescue, Safety and Environmental Response

SAR
search and rescue

SATOPS
Safety of Air Taxi Operations

SCEA
Shipping Conferences Exemption Act, 1987

SLSA
St. Lawrence Seaway Authority

SLSDC
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

SOx
sulphur oxides

TEU
Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units

TFP
total factor productivity

TL
truckload

TOFC
trailer on flat car

VOC
volatile organic compounds

WGTA
Western Grain Transportation Act

WTAP
Water Transportation Assistance Policy

WTO
World Trade Organization