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Regulations
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Report says oversight of Manitoba’s trucking industry inadequate
WINNIPEG, Man. – Manitoba’s Auditor General has concluded that provincial oversight of commercial vehicle safety is inadequate, including insufficient safety fitness program practices, management gaps for on-road inspections, and weak planning and performance measurements. The less-than-glowing review was released today…
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Town loses court battle with small trucking company
TOWN OF GRAND VALLEY, Ont. — The mayor of an Ontario town, which lost its yearslong legal battle to evict a small family-owned trucking company from a residential area over zoning rules, now believes the issue could have been better…
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Cattle industry gets two years to transition to new livestock transportation rules
CALGARY, Alta. – After the federal government announced regulatory changes to the transportation of livestock last February, the beef industry has been given two years to adhere to the new rules. The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) met with government officials…
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Taxes on split income hit home
One of the long-held advantages of working for your own company is that you can pay wages and/or dividends to split income among family members. Salaries and wages paid to a spouse, partner, or child have always been subject to…
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A primer on the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
This is a is a summary of the key points of the U.S. Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse program. A PowerPoint presentation of the same is available here. If you have any questions, please email me at dmarcello@cdl-law.com The U.S. Drug…
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Union calls for more truck safety inspectors
TORONTO, Ont. – The union representing commercial vehicle safety inspectors is urging the provincial government to hire more enforcement officers in the wake of a scathing report from Ontario’s auditor general. In her annual report, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said…
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A lesson from Russia on energy policy
I hear some people at this time of the year begin to sift through files and discard those which meet the criteria of the “discard” grade, and ponder on those documents which may be important enough to upgrade to the…
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Lisa Kelly to address Trucking HR summit
OTTAWA, Ont. – Celebrity trucker Lisa Kelly will be among speakers addressing the sixth annual Women with Drive Leadership Summit early next year, Trucking HR Canada announced Thursday. The conference will be held in Toronto, Ont., on March 12. “This…
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Women with Drive: The journey continues
On Dec. 3 in Ottawa, Trucking HR Canada, along with partners from across the country, wrapped up our Women with Drive Hits the Road tour. The initiative builds on the success of the national Women with Drive leadership summit that…
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Industry: Strengthen driver training standards
TORONTO, Ont. – Trucking industry leaders are calling for a strengthening of driver training standards in Ontario in the wake of a bid by a Tory legislator to abolish the written test on air brakes at licence renewal. Amarjot Sandhu,…
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Certifiable concerns
Third-party certification of ELDs is a no-brainer, experts agree, but it raises some challenges
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OTA says it’s working with MTO to tackle truck safety
TORONTO, Ont. – The Ontario Trucking Association says the Ministry of Transportation has a holistic plan to tackle truck safety that will effectively address the concerns outlined last week by the auditor general. In a scathing report released Wednesday, Auditor…
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Court approves lawsuit against R.I. truck tolls
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations has hailed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that held the trucking group’s lawsuit over Rhode Island’s truck-only tolls could proceed in federal court. “We have long…
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Report blasts ministry over truck inspections
TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario’s auditor general has sharply criticized the Ministry of Transportation over falling roadside commercial vehicle inspections, saying not enough is being done to ensure road safety. The rebuke came in the Annual Report released on Wednesday by…
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Alberta updates oversize and weight regulation to reduce red tape
EDMONTON, Alta. – The Alberta government has updated its Commercial Vehicle Dimension and Weight Regulation to reflect what it called “modern vehicle configurations and equipment.” Having not been updated in nearly 20 years, the provincial government said commercial drivers in…
