{"id":7414,"date":"2017-06-19T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thecompliancecenter.com\/?p=7414"},"modified":"2019-09-09T22:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T02:12:53","slug":"transport-canada-enforcement-action-summaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecompliancecenter.com\/ca\/help-center\/articles\/transport-canada-enforcement-action-summaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport Canada Publishes Enforcement Action Summaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A New Awareness Vehicle<\/h2>\n

Transport Canada has added a new item to the various informative offerings on the TDG home page. A link was added to an “Enforcement Action Summaries” listing to supplement existing guidance pages on topic-specific publications, orders, equivalency certificates, safety awareness material, etc.<\/p>\n

This new page is intended to give the regulated community a better understanding of the types of offences that could subject them to penalties or orders to take corrective action. The objective is to provide an incentive to “deter wrongdoing” by demonstrating consequences to those who might choose to ignore the regulations; or, on a more positive note, provide an illustration of the advantages of understanding the regulations before an enforcement situation is encountered.<\/p>\n

“I Fought the Law …” – or Ignorance is (Usually) No Excuse<\/h4>\n

Sections 22(3) and 40 of the TDG Act do provide for a defense of having taken “all reasonable measures” to comply with the Act. “Reasonable measures” would normally include acquiring and maintaining knowledge of the applicable regulations.<\/p>\n

Although current enforcement activities are unlikely to result in the incarceration experienced by the misguided soul in Bobby Fuller\u2019s 1966 classic hit, the TDG Act does provide for a range of consequences.<\/p>\n