{"id":2842,"date":"2020-04-02T20:56:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T20:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/covid-19-daily-bulletins-april-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:45:56","slug":"covid-19-daily-bulletins-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/covid-19-daily-bulletins-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Daily Bulletins: April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transport Canada Issues COVID-19 Best Practices Guidance for Drivers and Carriers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best practices guidance issued by Transport Canada and developed in consultation with the Public Health Agency of Canada \u2013 the lead agency for Canada\u2019s fight against COVID-19 \u2013 provides general best practices and recommendations for trucks drivers and carriers with respect to commercial operations during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

In addition, it provides recommendations on precautionary measures that can be taken by both fleets and drivers, before, during and after trips on cleaning surfaces in vehicles as well as appropriate social distancing and sanitary practices.<\/p>\n

Carriers are encouraged to review the documents by clicking here:<\/p>\n

FEDERAL_SAFETY_GUIDANCE_TO_PROTECT_COMMERCIAL_DRIVERS_-_COVID_19_public<\/a><\/p>\n

LIGNES DIRECTRICES FEDERALES POUR ASSURER LA SECURITE DES CONDUCTEURS_public<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tim Horton\u2019s Latest Franchise to Accommodate Truckers<\/strong><\/p>\n

After McDonalds and A&W issued statements committing to serving truck drivers last week, Tim Horton\u2019s followed suit today:<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0We’re committed to serving our truck drivers, and have been moving quickly to make our restaurants more accessible for them during this crisis. Thank you to those driving transport trucks and oversized essential service vehicles, for keeping our country going.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

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STA Urges Fair Treatment of Drivers During Covid-19<\/strong><\/p>\n

From Today\u2019s Trucking<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) released a statement today calling for the fair treatment of truck drivers during the Covid-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

As drivers frantically continue to transport essential goods to communities across the province, and entire country, governments at the same time are implementing further restrictions to help curb the coronavirus pandemic, and drivers are struggling to find basic services while on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cTruck drivers are essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic and if it were not for them the economy would come to a grinding halt,\u201d said STA executive director Susan Ewart. \u201cGoods and services would not be picked up and moved to ensure the Saskatchewan shelves are stocked. It is important to be respectful around the needs of the drivers and allowing them access to washrooms is critical.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several reports and feedback from drivers have pointed to a lack of access to basic services, such as washrooms, a place to rest, even food.<\/p>\n

The STA says when shipper warehouses deny access to washroom facilities, drivers are put at greater risk, as the health community urges people to wash their hands regularly to avoid contracting or passing on the novel virus.<\/p>\n

To this end, the STA urges the supply chain to come together and support each other, including drivers loading and delivering freight at various locations.<\/p>\n

The association applauds those who have taken extraordinary measures to accommodate drivers with the continued closure of several restaurants and other facilities. Some have invested in portable washroom facilities, and others are offering food to drivers.<\/p>\n

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Pilot Flying J Reminds Truckers It\u2019s Fully Operational<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pilot Flying J commended the announcement in Ontario<\/a> today to install portal washrooms at facilities around the province, and also wrote to CTA to remind truck drivers that Pilot Flying J as a full service Travel Center business is \u201copen and operational across North America for business and has taken tremendous care and diligence in maintaining the cleanliness of its facilities and as always the restroom facilities themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Innvest Hotels, which represents Comfort Inn, is offering truck drivers discounted rates during COVID-19.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The company sent CTA the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur GM of our hotels are\u00a0staying current with all relevant information related to COVID-19 and\u00a0continue to engage their staff with the issue of maintaining a safe and sanitized space for everyone. Re-emphasizing the importance of washing hands and walk through the standard operating procedure for cleaning guest rooms and other common areas to ensure proper sanitization.<\/p>\n

We are pleased to offer the trucking industry our VIP\/Loyal rate attached an electronic listing of our hotels that would take the drivers to the reservation page for the hotel to make the booking at the VIP\/Loyal rate which is a 10% discount off the Best Available Rate or they can call the hotel directly and book and ask for the VIP\/LOYAL RATE.<\/p>\n

Click here for more info: Comfort Inn Flyer_public<\/a><\/p>\n

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War Room: How the CTA developed its Covid-19 strategy<\/b><\/p>\n

The response to Covid-19 is often described in the language of battle. It\u2019s a fight<\/em> against the virus. We\u2019re mobilizing<\/em> resources. It\u2019s a wartime<\/em> strategy.\u00a0It\u2019s only appropriate that the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has come to refer to virus-related meetings of trucking executives and association managers as a War Room.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a room, exactly. They\u2019re not all huddled around a long boardroom table. In these days of social distancing \u2013 and reflecting the need to tap into expertise from across the country \u2014 the meetings of Canada\u2019s largest trucking association come as conference calls.<\/p>\n

Full Story at Truck News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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New Brunswick OPSA Brief April 2, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

OPSA COVID-19 OPSA Brief April 1 FINAL_public<\/a><\/p>\n

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TruckDown Operational\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Th Manitoba Trucking Association is reporting\u00a0TruckDown<\/a>\u00a0would like to remind members of their services: \u00a0TruckDown.com<\/a>\u00a0is a vendor locator used by the commercial trucking industry to locate and contact vendors throughout Canada and the USA.\u00a0 The service has over 40,000 heavy truck service vendors in the network including truck stops, heavy truck repair shops, heavy wrecker services, mobile tire and mechanical repair services, scales and more.\u00a0 Vendor listings include whether or not the location is open. \u00a0The service is free to use for commercial fleets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helpful Hint:<\/strong>\u00a0 When searching on TruckDown every vendor location has a link called \u201cReport a Location Update\u201d that can be used to report the need to update location information.\u00a0 The TruckDown team follows up on all reports by contacting the vendor.\u00a0 Reporting location updates helps all fleets by keeping information accurate.<\/p>\n

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