[2] The Act downloaded the mandate to oversee the operation of 150 smaller ports to the provinces or municipalities in which they were contained.
[4] The Welland Canal, which is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, falls to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and is regulated under the Fishing and Recreational Harbours Act (R.S., 1985, c. F-24).
Most of the other heritage waterways of Ontario and a few in Quebec are governed by Parks Canada under the guidance of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
A list of recent publications is maintained by Transport Canada,[6] which documents, among other things, the land transactions of the various Port Authorities.
A user is determined as specified under the legislation, and cannot include city councillors, civil servants or directors of port customers.