Regulations

A primer on the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

This is a is a summary of the key points of the U.S. Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse program. A PowerPoint presentation of the same is available here. If you…

Union calls for more truck safety inspectors

TORONTO, Ont. – The union representing commercial vehicle safety inspectors is urging the provincial government to hire more enforcement officers in the wake of a scathing report from Ontario’s…

A lesson from Russia on energy policy

The Power of Siberia gas line from Russia to China. – Gazprom graphic. I hear some people at this time of the year begin to sift through files and…

Lisa Kelly to address Trucking HR summit

Lisa Kelly OTTAWA, Ont. – Celebrity trucker Lisa Kelly will be among speakers addressing the sixth annual Women with Drive Leadership Summit early next year, Trucking HR Canada…

Women with Drive: The journey continues

On Dec. 3 in Ottawa, Trucking HR Canada, along with partners from across the country, wrapped up our Women with Drive Hits the Road tour. The initiative builds on the…

Industry: Strengthen driver training standards

Tory MPP Amarjot Sandhu TORONTO, Ont. – Trucking industry leaders are calling for a strengthening of driver training standards in Ontario in the wake of a bid…

Certifiable concerns

Third-party certification of ELDs is a no-brainer, experts agree, but it raises some challenges

OTA says it’s working with MTO to tackle truck safety

TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association says the Ministry of Transportation has a holistic plan to tackle truck safety that will effectively address the concerns outlined last week…

Court approves lawsuit against R.I. truck tolls

ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations has hailed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that held the trucking group’s lawsuit over Rhode…

Report blasts ministry over truck inspections

Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario’s auditor general has sharply criticized the Ministry of Transportation over falling roadside commercial vehicle inspections, saying not enough is being done…

Alberta updates oversize and weight regulation to reduce red tape

EDMONTON, Alta. – The Alberta government has updated its Commercial Vehicle Dimension and Weight Regulation to reflect what it called “modern vehicle configurations and equipment.” Having not been updated in…

AMTA reacts to Alberta budget cuts; WBF gets $10 million in funding

EDMONTON, Alta. – In the face of the Alberta government’s budget cuts in an attempt to reduce provincial deficit, the local trucking association is applauding the decision to uphold all…

Action needed to combat abuse of foreign workers

Early in October, the Globe and Mail reported that some trucking companies, primarily based in Surrey, B.C., are profiting from abuse of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and the…

Time to tighten trucking’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program

A recent article in the Globe and Mail has shone a light on some very unsavory and unsafe practices that are occurring in our country when it in comes to…

Cheating doesn’t pay… anymore

Cheating, in life and in business, shouldn’t pay. But for too long in trucking it has. There are signs, however, that this could be about to change. Those who abuse…