S-4Senate Government BillRoyal Assent ✓

Safer Railways Act

An Act to amend the Railway Safety Act and to make consequential amendments to the Canada Transportation Act

Sen. Marjory LeBretonFormer senator — no longer in the chamber

Latest completed stage: Royal Assent

Introduced 5379 days ago

41th Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

No summary available.

Event Timeline

Senate First Reading
Oct 6, 2011Senate
Senate Second Reading
Nov 2, 2011Senate
Senate Third Reading
Dec 7, 2011Senate
House First Reading
Dec 8, 2011House
House Second Reading
Apr 5, 2012House
House Third Reading
May 1, 2012House
Royal Assent
May 17, 2012RoyalAssent

Statutes Touched by This Bill

Amends

Repeals

Gov't

PMB

Senate

Inactive

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S-4 touches 2 statutes

Regulatory Activity

Canada Transportation Act · 23 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Dec 21, 2024	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Air Passenger Protection Regulations	Canadian Transportation Agency
Dec 15, 2022	II	Regulation

Velocity · Gov't Bills

Senate 1R → 2R27d

typ. 28d

Senate 2R → 3R35d

typ. 49d

Senate 3R → House 1R1d

typ. 0d

House 1R → 2R119d

typ. 5d

House 2R → 3R26d

typ. 4d

House 3R → Royal Assent15d

typ. 1d

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Railway Safety Act · 21 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 22, 2026	II	Regulation	Railway Employee Qualification Standards Regulations — Order Repealing the	SOR/2026-142
Jun 22, 2026	II	Regulation	Railway Personnel Training and Qualifications Regulations	SOR/2026-141
Dec 12, 2025	II	Regulation	Railway Safety Act — Order Repealing Certain Regulations Made Under the	SOR/2025-277
Dec 14, 2024	I	Proposed	Order Repealing the Railway Employee Qualification Standards Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Dec 14, 2024	I	Proposed	Railway Personnel Training and Qualifications Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Jun 21, 2024	II	Regulation	Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2024-152
Jul 2, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (New commenting feature)	Transport, Dept. of
Nov 26, 2021	II	Regulation	Grade Crossings Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2021-233
Nov 12, 2021	II	Regulation	Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations — Regulations Amending the	SOR/2021-228
Jun 19, 2021	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Grade Crossings Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Oct 6, 2020	II	Regulation	Passenger Rail Transportation Security Regulations	SOR/2020-222
Aug 25, 2020	II	Regulation	Locomotive Voice and Video Recorder Regulations	SOR/2020-178
May 25, 2019	I	Proposed	Locomotive Voice and Video Recorder Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Apr 13, 2019	I	Proposed	Passenger Rail Transportation Security Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Grade Crossings Regulations and the Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2018-256
Jun 9, 2017	II	Regulation	Locomotive Emissions Regulations	SOR/2017-121
Dec 16, 2016	II	Regulation	Certain Regulations made Under the Railway Safety Act — Order Repealing	SOR/2016-319
Dec 16, 2016	II	Regulation	Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations	SOR/2016-317
Jun 18, 2016	I	Proposed	Locomotive Emissions Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
May 21, 2016	I	Proposed	Prevention and Control of Fires on Line Works Regulations	Transport, Dept. of
Mar 29, 2016	II	Regulation	Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (Grade Crossings Regulations) — Regulations Amending	SOR/2016-65