![]() ![]() Blair, as chairman of the Board, addressed a group of railway executives and business luminaries. It was not an auspicious beginning, but the newly appointed Railway Commissioners plunged ahead. “Snow clearing seems to be the principal industry in Ottawa this winter,” the Citizen glibly reported. Local newspapers ran stories about the record snowfall in the Dominion’s capital that February, making it difficult to travel. However, as the Ottawa Citizen noted on February 2, in a procedural glitch, the appointments to the Board had been made “by Order in Council and gazetted before the date of the coming into force of the Act which established the commission.” The official launch would be delayed because “new Orders in Council will have to be passed making the appointments.”Įven Nature conspired against the new Board. According to the Railway Act of 1903, the Board was to be inaugurated on February 1, 1904. The Agency’s story began with the establishment of the Board of Railway Commissioners in Ottawa on a snowbound February day in 1904.įrom the beginning, the Railway Commissioners faced obstacles. It has emerged as a vital though largely low-key player in shaping the Canada we know today. The Canadian Transportation Agency had its origins over 100 years ago in an atmosphere of intense commercial competition. ![]()
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