Feds announce new registration requirements and database to reduce risks associated with dangerous goods

OTTAWA – Canada’s Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez has announced the launch of new registration requirements and a Client Identification Database to reduce risks associated with dangerous goods.

The new requirements are designed to offer Transport Canada “more current, accurate, and complete information about persons or organizations who are involved in the transportation of dangerous goods,” according to recent press release.

The new regulations came into effect on Nov. 3.

Transport Canada stated that “applicable persons or organizations must provide, in the new database, information regarding dangerous goods they are importing, offering for transport, handling, or transporting. They must also provide information about sites where dangerous goods are being imported, offered for transport, handled, or transported. This information must be updated annually.”

The Client Identification Database online platform is for registering and identifying persons and organizations who import, offer for transport, handle, or transport dangerous goods in Canada. Transport Canada stated that after the Client Identification Database has been in place for one year, penalties could start being imposed for non-compliance, up to and including criminal prosecution for extreme or repeated infractions.

“In order to protect Canadians, it is necessary to know where dangerous goods are located and how they are being transported. With the new Client Identification Database, Transport Canada will be able to do its work more efficiently to protect Canadians from coast-to-coast-to-coast,” stated Rodriguez.

Applicable persons and organizations working with dangerous goods can register on the Client Identification Database at: canada.ca/client-identification-database.

Source: Government of Canada.