Canada Transportation Act

Marginal note:Confidential contracts

• 126 (1) A railway company may enter into a contract with a shipper that the parties agree to keep confidential respecting

  • (a) the rates to be charged by the company to the shipper;

  • (b) reductions or allowances pertaining to rates in tariffs that have been issued and published in accordance with this Division;

  • (c) rebates or allowances pertaining to rates in tariffs or confidential contracts that have previously been lawfully charged;

  • (d) any conditions relating to the traffic to be moved by the company; and

  • (e) the manner in which the company shall fulfill its service obligations under section 113.

• Marginal note:No investigation or arbitration of confidential contracts

  (2) No party to a confidential contract is entitled to submit a matter governed by the contract to the Agency for final offer arbitration under section 161, without the consent of all the parties to the contract.