A recent update from CCMTA highlighted progress that has been made in their work to support inter-provincial trucking and addressing misclassification in the trucking industry.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) applauds the Canada Revenue Agency(CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada(EDSC) for their engagement with CCMTA as they look define each of their respective roles and how they can support cross agency data sharing to continue to combat the misclassification of commercial drivers.
The CCMTA update also touched on their progress towards updating the National Safety Code (NSC) standards 7(carrier profiles), 14 (safety ratings), and 15 (facility audits).
NSC 7 Improvements:
- Improving compliance and monitoring data
- Modernizing definitions
- Strengthening carrier information requirements
- Improving visibility of carrier status and safety rating history; and
- Enhanced detection of chameleon/problematic carriers
Proposed amendments to NSC 14:
- Developing a draft set of proposed requirements for applying for a carrier identification number that aims to provide guidance to jurisdictions
- Development of a modernized application framework
- Expanding declarations and disclosure requirements
- Integration with NSC 7; and
- Supporting identification of high-risk / problematic carriers.
Full re-write of NSC 15 to cover:
- Audit lifecycle — from initiation to completion
- Scope and methodology; and
- Scoring, reporting, and outcomes
CCMTA are actively working towards the expansion of the Carrier Data Exchange (CDE) to enhance data sharing across jurisdictions to support enforcement efforts and address the chameleon carrier crisis. This will form the baseline foundational pieces to the national truck safety database efforts.
The CTA is encouraged by these updates from CCMTA and the work falls in line with what the CTA have been advocating for and recommendations put forward to the various CCMTA committees.
CTA looks forward to seeing the results of the work from CCMTA due this fall that will outline the go forward plan for all governments to address driver mis-classification which will include further cross-agency collaboration from CRA and ESDC .
