Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Highway Transportation of Goods

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Highway Transportation of Goods

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    • Select Committee on Highway Transportation of Goods

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      Dates of existence

      1975-1977

      History

      Select Committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario with specific terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed May 25, 1976 and as chaired by M.E.C. "Bud" Gregory. The final report of the committee was issued April 24, 1977. Some of the results of the committee were implemented by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

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      The Select Committee on Highway Transportation of Goods was established in response to a government initiative in the 1976 Speech from the Throne to carry out a full review of highway commercial transportation policy. Bill 4, An Act to Amend the Public Commercial Vehicles Act, 1776 was referred to this Committee as part of its general course of study. Amongst the many topics considered by the Committee were weights of truck loads, safety of commercial vehicles, the transportation of hazardous materials, costs of maintaining the highway system and related issues.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA23

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Legislative Assembly controls Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Highway Transportation of Goods

      Dates of relationship

      1975-1977

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      CA321

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      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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      Approved

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Wayne Crockett