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Program Development Branch
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The Program Development Branch was formed within the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications in 1976. The branch originally consisted of five offices: the Project Development Office; the Program Planning and Evaluation Office; the Vehicle Standards Office; the Safety Co-ordinator and Development Office; and the Carrier Policy and Reciprocity Office. In 1979, a new Transportation Safety Section was added to the branch, and in 1980, a Dangerous Goods Transportation Office.
In 1981, the Program Development Branch was replaced with the Transportation Regulation Development Branch.
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The Program Development Branch was responsible for the assessment of transportation regulation programs of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and for the development of new policies and programs in the area of transportation regulation.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Ministry of Transportation and Communications Annual Reports 1975-1981.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Authorities, 1996-12-24.
Archivist(s):
Lisa Singer, Mark Epp