Railway Passenger Services Contract Regulations (SOR/78-286)

2 In these Regulations,

CN

CN means Canadian National Railway Company; (CN)

CP

CP means Canadian Pacific Limited; (CP)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Transport; (ministre)

railway passenger service

railway passenger service means passenger services operated over railway lines, and other passenger services in substitution for or ancillary to those services, that do not accommodate principally the carriage of goods or persons who regularly commute between points on a railway line; (service ferroviaire voyageurs)

railway passenger service contract

railway passenger service contract means a contract between the Minister and VIA entered into pursuant to Transport Vote 52d of Appropriation Act No. 1, 1977; (contrat de service ferroviaire voyageurs)

subsidiary service request

subsidiary service request means a request in writing by the Minister to VIA with respect to the manner in which and the extent to which the provision, management and operation of railway passenger services shall be carried out by VIA; (demande de services complémentaires)

VIA

VIA means VIA Rail Canada Inc. (VIA)