The Canada Ports Corporation (also known as Ports Canada ) was a port corporation which operated across Canada . An Act of Parliament, which had been promoted by Jean-Luc Pépin , founded it on 24 February 1983, and it was marked as a responsibility of the Minister of Transport . Additionally, Pépin enunciated the Harbour Commissions Act , under which a new National Ports Policy was launched. The Canada Ports Corporation was phased out in 1998 with the creation of the Canada Marine Act (CMA), an act ostensibly to modernize Canada's ports and harbors; prior to the implementation of the CMA, a National Marine Policy had been written in 1995 under the Ministry of Doug Young .
5-694: The reorganization of the National Harbours Board (which had operated since 1936) was instigated by Minister of Transport Jean-Luc Pepin , and in February 1983 resulted, with the passage of the Canada Ports Corporation Act , in the creation of an agency named Ports Canada . In 1998, the Canada Marine Act was passed, which gave port control to 18 Canada Port Authorities. Throughout its operating years
10-526: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to ports, harbors or marinas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Harbours Board The National Harbours Board was an agency of the Government of Canada , reporting to Parliament through the Minister of Transport . It was in operation from 1936 to 1983. The idea of a system of national ports
15-714: The Board, and provision was made for the possibility of other "harbours and works and other property of the Dominion of Canada" to be transferred to the Board at a later date. In 1983 it was replaced by the Canada Ports Corporation . This devolved much of the National Harbour Board's former functions to local port authorities maintaining responsibility for ensuring that overall national transportation objectives are met, as well as overseeing
20-648: The governing body oversaw 15 ports. The Ports Canada Police was a law enforcement agency operated under the Canada Ports Corporation. In November 1998, the Ports Canada Police was the object of scrutiny after allegations of obstruction of justice were presented to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . Transport Canada - List of Canadian Port Authorities This Canadian government –related article
25-627: Was mooted as early as 1905, when it was first recommended in a report by the Royal Commission of Transportation. Although not acted upon at the time, the idea gained more acceptability over time, and the later National Ports Survey by Sir Alexander Gibb in 1932 laid the groundwork for its eventual establishment. The Board was established in 1936, The public harbours at Halifax, Saint John, Chicoutimi, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Montreal and Vancouver, previously constituted as separate bodies corporate , were dissolved and their property vested in
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