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Port Dover’s Ryan Raffay recently pled guilty in a Brantford, Ontario courtroom to two counts of repairing or servicing a gas appliance without being the holder of a gas certificate.
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto, ON, July 15, 2019)
As the result of a Technical Standards...
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Excavation L’Oiselle recently pled guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Ottawa to two counts of damaging a natural gas pipeline  
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto, ON, July 15, 2019) –
Following a Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) investigation,...
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Statement from RJ Falconi, Chair, TSSA Board of Directors 
Working together to improve safety and reduce burden
This week I was pleased to join the Honourable Lisa Thompson, Minister of Government and Consumer Services, the Honourable Prabmeet Sarkaria, Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, Assistant Deputy Minister Michèle Sanborn, Assistant Deputy Minister Kevin Perry, and a variety of business leaders and organizations for a roundtable...
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The Ministry of Government and Consumer Services amended Ontario Regulation O.Reg 211/01 (Propane Storage and Handling) in 2015 removing the annual inspection requirements of licensed propane storage and handling facilities by the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA).
TSSA’s Statutory Director, Fuels Safety Program, at that time decided to set the frequency of inspections of these facilities using a risk based approach. Facilities will be periodically inspected...
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Robert (RJ) Falconi Appointed Chair, TSSA Board of Directors
The Hon. Bill Walker, Minister, Government and Consumer Services, appointed Robert J (RJ) Falconi as Chair of the TSSA Board of Directors, effective May 13, 2019.
Mr. Falconi, known as RJ,  joined TSSA's Board in January 2019 and was appointed by Minister Walker to the position of Vice Chair in early May 2019.  He is also a member of its Audit, Finance and Risk Committee. He is currently Managing...
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