For over five years, the CTA has been calling on the federal government to combat gross noncompliance, labour abuse, and, in some cases, forced labour in the trucking sector. However,…
CTA Pre-Budget Spotlight: Ensuring Tax and Labour Compliance Read more...
The head of Canada’s largest trucking firm says rampant driver misclassification is harming compliant companies like his as well as drivers, a problem felt all the more acutely in lean…
TransForce Boss: Driver Inc a “Disaster’ for Trucking Industry Read more...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) lauded an announcement this week to establish a Recognized Employer Pilot (REP) aimed at addressing labour shortages and protecting employees such as Temporary Foreign Workers…
CTA: New Fed Pilot a Good Start, But More Needed to Protect Workers in Trucking Read more...
The president of Teamsters Canada, François Laporte, and the president of the Canadian Trucking Alliance, Stephen Laskowski, issued the following joint message to the Government of Canada on the issue…
Teamsters, CTA Suggest Enforcement Strategy for Driver Inc. Violators Read more...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance’s social media campaign against the Driver Inc scheme is ringing in the legislative halls of Ottawa as MPs are calling for an end to the illegal…
MP Calls for End of Driver Inc Scheme in Parliament Read more...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance has spent the last half decade pressing the federal government and its provincial counterparts to put an end to the blatant labour abuse and tax avoidance…
Out of The Shadows: The Rise of ‘Zero-Employee’ Trucking Read more...
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recently released a bulletin outlining efforts to increase oversight on Personal Services Businesses (PSBs) – a technical tax term for what many in the trucking industry believe…
CRA Announces New Initiative Aimed at PSBs and Driver Inc. Read more...
The federal government is letting $23.4 billion a year in uncollected taxes escape into the underground economy, Canada Revenue Agency’s stated in a report estimating Canada’s tax gap. As the…
CRA Admits Losing Over $23B a Year in Unpaid Taxes Read more...
Addressing the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Industry, Science & Technology today, CTA president Stephen Laskowski called on government to support a trucking-focused immigration program to help solve the…
CTA’s House Committee Submission Highlights Driver Shortage as Key Impact to Small Biz Read more...
