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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…
U.S. and Canadian natural gas Class 8 truck retail sales were down 23% year-to-date through November 2018, according to a quarterly report from ACT Research. Natural gas truck sales had…
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Uber Freight is bringing Facility Ratings to its load-matching app, in much the same way it added user ratings to its rideshare platform. A new function within the Uber Freight app,…
Uber Freight Features Lets Drivers Rate Shippers Read more...
The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge today announced the 2019 Best Fleets to Drive For, including three CTA carriers from Canada. Bison Transport, Winnipeg; Erb Transport, New Hamburg, Ont. and…
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After failing to get two previous presidential administrations to require trucks to set their speed limiter devices to 65 mph, safety lobbyists are bypassing regulators and taking their case to…
US Speed Limiter Advocates Make Another Push to Congress Read more...
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, the former Leader of Canada’s Official Opposition in the House of Commons, and the former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, will open the fifth…
Rona Ambrose to Open 2019 Women with Drive Leadership Summit Read more...
The Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, yesterday announced the creation of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, a five-year federal immigration pilot involving a small…
CTA Applauds New Federal Immigration Program as Step in Right Direction for Trucking Read more...
Declaring the government was “motivated by the need for highway safety” in the wake of the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy, Transport Minister Marc Garneau and his provincial counterparts announced the…
MELT, ELDs Top Priorities Announced by Garneau for Improving Highway Safety Read more...
Steve Laskowski, president of the Ontario Trucking Association, recently spoke with the CBC’s Conrad Collaco about why the industry wants more foreign workers. You can read the Q&A below as well as a link to…
Laskowski: Foreign Drivers One Piece of Driver Shortage Puzzle Read more...
The public’s trust in autonomous vehicle technologies is waning, according to the 2019 Deloitte Global Automotive Consumer Study. The report found that only 39% of U.S. consumers trust traditional original…
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