{"id":3592,"date":"2023-09-26T18:10:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/stop-tax-and-labour-abuse-cta-announces-new-campaign-to-put-pressure-on-federal-govt\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:41:58","slug":"stop-tax-and-labour-abuse-cta-announces-new-campaign-to-put-pressure-on-federal-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/stop-tax-and-labour-abuse-cta-announces-new-campaign-to-put-pressure-on-federal-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Tax and Labour Abuse: CTA Announces New Campaign to Put Pressure on Federal Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a growing underground economy that\u2019s hurting our trucking sector, harming worker rights, and robbing Canadians of billions. Together, we can stop it.<\/p>\n

Today, the Canadian Trucking Alliance announced the Stop Tax and Labour Abuse campaign.<\/p>\n

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This new campaign exists to put pressure on the federal government to enforce the law against Driver Inc. The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) define the Driver Inc. model as commercial vehicle drivers, who do not own\/lease or operate their own vehicle, becoming incorporated and receiving payment from their carrier with no source deductions. This practice opens the door to the possibility of widespread tax manipulation by those engaged in Driver Inc.<\/p>\n

Driver Inc. is\u00a0harming individual truck drivers throughout the country who are experiencing exploitative working conditions and abuse. Despite having an employer-employee relationship, they are unfairly deprived of rights and benefits that all employees are entitled to in Canada.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CTA has launched this campaign in order to protect workers, stop labour abuse, defend the competitiveness of the trucking industry, and recoup billions of lost tax dollars that were meant to benefit Canadians,\u201d said Stephen Laskowski, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Trucking Alliance. \u201cWe hope this movement will encourage Canadians to sign up and put pressure on their MPs, and in turn, the government, about this widespread egregious activity taking place in our backyards and throughout our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canadians can join the campaign at this innovative user-friendly website, located at StopTaxAndLabourAbuse.ca<\/a>. It will connect Canadians directly with their MP using custom-designed tools that will allow users to tailor and edit their email themselves.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download a form email to MPs and social media banners to share online -in EN or FR.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the Federal Government to understand that we are invested in this fight to defend our industry,\u201d said Laskowski. \u201cWhy?\u00a0It\u2019s simple. Driver Inc. is problematic because it is illegal, it is a driver misclassification model which results in truck drivers incorporating\u2013often under pressure from the carrier\u2013despite having an employee-employer relationship with their carrier. As a result, truck drivers are\u00a0being\u00a0unfairly deprived of the rights and benefits that all employees are entitled to in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

Workers are left without any fundamental rights under the Driver Inc. model, this includes but is in no way limited to:<\/p>\n