The Ontario Trucking Association remains tremendously gratified with the Ontario’s government’s attempts to keep the province’s trucks moving during the fight against COVID-19. Today, the province introduced measures that would…
Ontario Supporting Workers, Municipalities and Retailers in Response to COVID-19 Read more...
By Greg Munden, Munden Ventures: As people, ironically, begin to worry about where their next roll of toilet paper is going to come from, it’s interesting to see the importance…
EDITORIAL: COVID-19 and The Important Role of Trucking in Uncertain Times Read more...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unequivocally stated that commercial truck drivers will not be impacted by new measures that will close the Canada-U.S. border to all non-essential travel. “Truckers will not…
Following industry efforts led by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) is considering finalizing exemptions from certain labour reforms for long-haul truck drivers, but a…
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) today called on the federal government to take a fair and sensible approach to how carbon pricing applies to Canada’s trucking industry and work in…
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has announced a process to consider solidifying exemptions from new scheduling requirements for certain job classes in the trucking industry. In 2019 ESDC announced interim exemptions…
ESDC Announces Steps Toward Regulating Scheduling Exemptions Read more...
A lawsuit in the U.S. is shining a light on ELDs that can be manipulated to sidestep hours-of service rules. The lawsuit filed by a Tennessee trucker accuses shipping giant Amazon…
Lawsuit Alleges Major Shipper and Freight Provider ‘Edited’ ELD to Break HoS Rules Read more...
Trucking and logistics executives at National Industrial Transportation League’s 2020 Summit discussed the contract environment, trucking capacity, truck parking, driver retention, delivery demands and hours-of-service regulations. With a down market…
Panel: Trucking Has Cause for Optimism Despite Headwinds Read more...
The “Amazon Effect” could explain the recent spike in driver turnover. Traditionally, driver turnover rates go down when freight demand is relatively soft, as it was in 2019, but turnover has…
Amazon Effect’ Could Explain Rising Driver Turnover in Soft Market Read more...
