Caledon, Ont. secures several convictions against illegal trucking operations
An Ontario town has successfully secured several convictions for illegal trucking operations since June 2024, resulting in more than $330,000 in fines.
These efforts show the Town of Caledon’s commitment to identifying and addressing illegal land uses through enforcement and to make trucking operators comply with applicable bylaws, according to a news release. The town sits atop the Region of Peel in the province’s trucking heartland.
“These convictions send a clear message that illegal trucking operations will not be tolerated in Caledon,” Rebecca Carvalho, manager of strategic initiatives and chairwoman of the Illegal Land Use Task Force, said in the release. “We will continue to take decisive action against those who disregard our regulations and put our community at risk.”
In February, the town rolled out an online map of illegal trucking depot complaints. The interactive tool provides information about the status of complaints and prosecutions. At present, the town has prosecuted 72 such cases and there are 74 active files.
The town actively investigates complaints regarding illegal transportation depots. The Illegal Land Use Task Force continues to identify and address illegal land uses through enforcement, policy change and public education, the release said.
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Bolton used to be a beautiful town now is a garbage town with all these truck depos containers galore illegal parking truck hwy 50 is a shameful
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I want to say so much but I won’t. I will say Crack down on them and use ALL the money from the fines for more officers to watch and investigate. Side note is the number of unsafe trucks i see is insane. I know repairs and maintenance is crazy but seriously lives are priceless. Oh yes texting is making insurance insane. Sorry I’m ADHD.
This is a great first step but all 3 levels of gov need to come together to provide safe secure parking with bathrooms a drivers area like some truckstop have in the United States. I think each truck parking area should have 400 semi units spot of which 120 have electricity and 100 straight trucks bus spots 50 with electricity and 50 bobtail parking spots and 200 drop trailer parking spots ar and a cross dock and a 9 bay repair shop with 2 of the bays for parking a tow truck and service and a first response unit . The shop should be run as a co op that hires foreign mechanics first . We Need to provide another option to replace these yards
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I do oversized loads. Not that it’s a big deal but in rest areas in ontario as well as the scales they need to have actual heated washrooms not the plastic sh**ters. I know water may be an inconvenience but for the taxes we pay should be easy. Also on routes should also be larger and as u said hydro hookups. Look at how many trucks are on the road. We move all the freight. Geesh I could go on and on. Cheers and safe driving
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have you seen the conditions of the heated inside toilets aftrr these pigs use them,?..disgusting, who cleans that up? that’s why you have porta-potty,as for hookup for power,who pays that electricity,?.and what guarantees do you have it will stay on after these pigs break it,? I can go on and on,these ” new Canadians ” don’t give a crap about someone else’s property,
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Charge $20 per night no electricity $25 per night if have electric plug from Oct to April
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The shop should be run as a co op that hires foreign mechanics first. This comment has confused me??? I drive a truck ya know. Lol.
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We need a safe spot to park and get trucks repaired close to overnight parking
A plan to provide a safe place for mechanics to work if red seal approved
I see too many foreign mechanics getting taken advantage of so a mix in a co op repair shop is a good way to promote repairs to be done at a fair price to improve safety in my opinion. I am pushing more more highly skilled trades coming into Canada
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Truck stops are not parking yards. Why not hire qualified mechanics n not just one colour religion or nationality? I call what you said racists. The size of the land needed for what you suggest would be so far removed from anywhere it would cause problems elsewhere. Why don’t these Trucking outfits buy property in industrial areas big enough for their fleets? I have that answer because it’s not cheap and then they would actually have to compete with other companies that do things the right way! They would not be able to haul cheap freight. Kudos to Caledon for enforcing the laws more should do it. Trucks are great but they need to be in the right areas. Not encroaching on people’s property. Driving values down for them.
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Are you saying a Canadian born, raised and trained aren’t good enough. Talk about being racist.
I have seen these huge trucks on small back roads many times taking short cuts to avoid traffic. They are a nuisance to local and other vehicles and they know they are not allowed there. There are signs that say No Trucks and in case they can’t read English there is usually a picture sign also that I assume they understand in order to get a license. There are no excuses for it so hefty fines is a good start as long as it is enforced.