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The Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (TRAN) concluded its first week of hearings examining the detrimental impact of the Driver Inc. scheme on the trucking industry. Over two days, 10…
The U.S. economy contracted by 4.8% on an annualized rate in the first quarter, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, which released the gross domestic product figures April 29. According…
US Economy Shrinks 4.8% due to COVID; ATA Economist Surprised at Extent of Damage Read more...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is conducting a follow-up to its initial Business Conditions survey in April. The CTA survey – available here – is designed to provide a…
CTA Asks Carriers to Complete Business Conditions Survey Read more...
Today, FMSCA announced they are expanding and making permanent their Crash Preventability Determination program. Beginning next week, FMCSA will start accepting preventability determination requests on an expanded set of crash scenarios,…
FMCSA Expands Crash Preventability Determination Program Read more...
CBSA Offers Additional Guidance on Safe Border Interactions In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has taken a number of steps to prevent the spread…
COVID-19 Daily Bulletin: April 29 Read more...
The Ontario government is further expanding the list of essential workers eligible to receive free emergency child care during the COVID-19 outbreak. While this program previously only applied to select…
OTA: More Frontline Workers Eligible for Emergency Child Care, Including Truck Drivers Read more...
The number of trucks entering Canada from the U.S. fell nearly 33% between April 20 to April 26, compared to the same period last year, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)…
CBSA: Truck Crossings Fall 33% Read more...
In an effort to better understand the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) needs of critical infrastructure partners, Public Safety Canada is launching a second survey (FR) to capture more in-depth data with…
Public Health Survey: Supply and Demand of PPE in Critical Sectors Read more...
Regulators want to formally prohibit state driver licensing agencies from issuing, renewing, upgrading, or transferring a CDL for drivers with substance abuse violations, according to a filing in the Federal…
FMCSA Wants to Make it Easier to Ban Drug & Alcohol Violators Read more...
APTA: Generating Revenues on the Backs of Trucking is a Bad Idea The idea was proposed this week through a report to Saint John Common Council. The City wants to…
COVID-19 Daily Bulletin: April 27 Read more...
