OTTAWA, Ontario — J. Mark MacKeigan has been reappointed to the Canadian Transportation Agency, while Marisa Eva Victor has been newly appointed to the regulatory body, Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced.
MacKeigan was reappointed for a four-year term, effective Nov. 28, 2023. He rejoined the agency in 2018 after having previously served as a member between 2007 and 2014, and performing contract legal work on specific agency cases since 1996. He also has been chief legal officer for the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., senior legal manager with the International Air Transoprt Association in Montreal, and legal counsel for NAV CANADA, provider of the nation’s civil aviation navigation services.
Victor was appointed for a four-year term effective Jan. 9. She has previously serviced as a member and adjudicator of the Condominium Authority Tribunal of Ontario, the Social Security Tribunal of Canada, and was a vice chair of Tribunals Ontario, a group of 14 adjudicative bodies that provide dispute resolution for nearly 100,000 cases annually on a wide range of matters ranging from landlord-tenant issues to the Ontario Parole Board.
“We are appointing qualified members to the Canadian Transportation Agency to ensure a competitive, accessible, and sustainable transportation system,” Rodriguez said in a press release. “I wish them well and look forward to seeing them play a crucial role advancing the goals of the agency and shaping the future of Canada’s transportation landscape.”
The CTA has five full-time members and can add up to three temporary members, It is a quasi-judicial body that describes itself as having three core mandates — to ensure the national transportation system runs efficiently and smoothly in the interest of all Canadians; to provide consumer protection for air passengers; and protect the rights of persons with disabilities to an accessible transportation network. It does this through rulemaking, dispute resolution, and providing information.
