Canada: Rail, Road & Cycling

Notre bulletin du 29 avril 2025, Nouvelles normes en matière de conduite automobile : un aperçu de la gouvernance des véhicules autonomes et connectés[1], décrivait l'architecture réglementaire applicable aux véhicules autonomes et connectés (les « VAC ») au Canada, dans l'Union européenne et aux États-Unis, y compris les six niveaux d'automatisation de la Society of Automotive Engineers (la « SAE ») et le partage des compétences entre Transports Canada et les provinces.

Our April 29, 2025, bulletin, Driving New Standards: An Overview of Automated and Connected Vehicle Governance, outlined the regulatory framework governing connected and automated vehicles (“CAV” / “CAVs”) in Canada, the European Union, and the United States, including the SAE International’s Six Levels of Driving Automation and the division of jurisdiction over CAVs between Transport Canada and the provinces. Regulatory compliance, however, is only one piece of the puzzle.

As students across Ontario prepare to head back to school, our roads will once again become busier with school buses, young pedestrians, cyclists, and families making their way to and from school.

Ontario's dual framework for compensating motor vehicle collision victims creates a stark divide between tort law's principle of full compensation and the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule's cost-containment approach.

For the first time since the transcontinental railway, Canada is planning a sweeping expansion of northern infrastructure that could reshape trade, energy and defence. The emerging logistics corridor through the Northwest Passage is at the heart of this shift, bringing big opportunities, and some serious legal and policy questions, for businesses operating in or through the Arctic.

Pour la première fois depuis la construction du chemin de fer transcontinental, le Canada prévoit une importante expansion des infrastructures dans le Nord susceptible de transformer les secteurs du commerce, de l’énergie et de la défense.

For many in the automotive industry, there is a temptation to import foreign-made goods (i.e., non-USMCA-qualifying) for use in production processes or as parts and sub-components for vehicles and automotive systems.

Those who practise in the field of road law are well acquainted with its complexity. Traditionally, that complexity has been confined to questions of jurisdiction, road assumption, and regulatory control.

Automated motor vehicles have transformed the transportation industry, offering new opportunities for safety, efficiency, cost-savings, and clean transportation.