{"id":3769,"date":"2024-10-25T18:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T18:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/cta-to-global-cold-chain-alliance-the-supply-chain-needs-to-defund-driver-inc\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:40:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:40:22","slug":"cta-to-global-cold-chain-alliance-the-supply-chain-needs-to-defund-driver-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/cta-to-global-cold-chain-alliance-the-supply-chain-needs-to-defund-driver-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"CTA to Global Cold Chain Alliance: The Supply Chain Needs to Defund Driver Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Canadian Trucking Alliance had the opportunity to be part of a panel discussion on Thursday at the inaugural Canadian Policy Forum of the Global Cold Chain Alliance in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Front and centre in the discussions was the need to address Driver Inc \u2013 and that it will be up to responsible supply chain partners to get the job done, said Geoff Wood, Sr. VP, Policy, CTA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is critical members of the supply chain understand the negativity associated with Driver Inc., its impact on workers\u2019 rights, road safety, and on legitimate, law-abiding trucking companies,\u201d Wood told attendees. \u201cAnd it\u2019s even more vital that all supply chain partners do their part to stop funding the practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of the Global Cold Chain Alliance in attendance, like other groups\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/cta-to-shippers-check-your-supply-chains-for-modern-slavery-human-rights-violators\/\">CTA has been addressing<\/a>, will be provided a toolkit to assist them in identifying Driver Inc companies among their transportation supplier base, which will help protect their operations from exposure to the types of illicit practices proliferating throughout the underground economy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional items discussed included the need for supply chain partners to assist CTA in advocating for infrastructure resiliency, like additional rest areas to support drivers on our national highway system as well as improved winter road maintenance \u2013 both of which are key components of CTA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/cta-identifies-inter-provincial-trade-barriers-in-trucking\/\">interprovincial trade barriers report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Wood touched on long-standing Canada-US trade issues, including the need to expand US in-transit allowances and to address the ability for the repositioning of foreign empty trailers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CTA welcomes the opportunity to educate associations and individual corporate entities on these issues important and how they can be addressed within their supply chains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 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