Ontario Trucking Association
OTA Education Foundation seeking scholarship program funding
TORONTO, Ont. -- The OTA Education Foundation is asking the trucking industry to help fund its 2012 scholarship program that aids students with ties to the trucking industry. The Foundation is targeting a $50,000 donation goal to assist...
Ontario trucking companies optimistic about next quarter: OTA survey
TORONTO, Ont. -- The majority of trucking companies in Ontario remain optimistic about their prospects for the next three months despite negative freight volume prospects, according to the second quarter business expectations survey conducted...
WSIB report on workers’ compensation points to challenges, questions: OTA
TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s recently released review of the province’s workers’ compensation system has raised several questions and indicated challenges still lie ahead, according to...
OTA Education Foundation now accepting scholarship applications
TORONTO, Ont. -- OTA Education Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications from Ontario post-secondary students. Students can apply for university or college scholarships in the amount of $1,500 and $1,000, respectively, to help them...
Automatic transmissions now an option for Ontario Class A road tests
TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has responded to a request from the Ontario Trucking Association to modernize the Class A road-test by allowing all prospective, upgrading or renewing commercial drivers the option...
OTA concerned, not surprised by cuts to Ontario’s infrastructure spending
OTTAWA, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association says announced spending cuts to the province’s transportation infrastructure have come as no surprise to the organization, which has been warning motor carriers for months to expect certain...
OTA’s livestock division commended for excellence in animal transport
TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) Livestock Transporters’ Division (LTD) has received commendation from Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board Gerry Ritz for its efforts to...