The Halifax Port Authority (HPA) is a port authority operating as a not-for-profit Crown corporation of the Government of Canada. HPA has responsibility for all federally owned waterfront properties on Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.
The HPA was created on March 1, 1999 and succeeds the Halifax Port Corporation (HPC). HPC was the successor to the National Harbours Board, which operated all federally owned ports in Canada. Halifax was one of the first of eighteen national ports in Canada which implemented this administrative change as required by the Canada Marine Act which passed on June 11, 1998.
HPA reports to the Minister of Transport and has a Board of Directors typically consisting of local business and community figures. In the past, the appointment process to the boards of Canada's port authorities had been criticized as were viewed as political patronage.
Halifax was announced as the new Atlantic Gateway of Canada, which, if successful, will expand the port of Halifax.
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