CTA seeks national winter road maintenance standard

Canada needs to develop a coordinated strategy across all provinces to keep drivers safe and the supply chain moving during adverse weather conditions in winter months, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)…

Majority of Canadians view trucking as most important transportation mode: poll

More than half of Canadians view trucking as the most crucial transportation mode in the Canadian economy, according to a new poll. The majority of Canadians (51%) surveyed by Abacus…

Increase in TFW truck drivers welcomed, but falls short of need

The federal government approved 2,902 temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to be hired as transport truck drivers in the second quarter of the year — up from 1,802 the previous quarter,…

CTA wants hard CRA enforcement on Driver Inc.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) wants Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) enforcement against Driver Inc. to escalate dramatically. CTA president Stephen Laskowski told TruckNews.com that it is time for hard, fast,…

Munden named CTA chairman

Greg Munden, managing director, Lots Group Canada, was named chairman of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) in his home province of British Columbia. Munden, hailing from Kamloops, succeeds Jean Claude Fortin, who…

Trucks deliver food to battle child hunger

Dozens of Canadian carriers helped deliver 175,000 food packs to support food-insecure children in high-needs communities in May and June this year. The fleets that are part of the Canadian…

CTA offers budget suggestions to stabilize supply chain

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has submitted a plan for the Canadian government to address the commercial driver shortage and help secure economic recovery by stabilizing the supply chain. (Photo:…

Driver Inc., driver shortage among leading files for new CTA chairman

MONTREAL, Que. – Jean-Claude Fortin recalls precisely the day he obtained his CDL. It was March 11, 1961. He was 17 years old. Decades later, he finds himself serving as…

Fortin to lead CTA, Sutherland chairman of labor task force

TORONTO, Ont. – Jean-Claude Fortin, president and CEO of JE Fortin in St-Bernard de Lacolle, Que., has been named chairman of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA). He begins a two-year…

CTA’s Laskowski named to Covid-19 Supply Council

OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has been named to Canada’s Covid-19 Supply Council, which will advise the government on the procurement of critical goods and services during…

CTA chief: ‘Where are the regulators?’

TORONTO, Ont. – Stephen Laskowski, the CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance, is clearly frustrated by the “small but growing” segment of the trucking industry that is circumventing a series of regulations to gain a business advantage. Check out his thoughts in this video from the Surface Transportation Summit.

Truck driver shortage? Think again, says U.S. labor expert.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Cries of a looming -- or existing -- driver shortage are echoed on both sides of the border. They regularly emerge in employer surveys that identify trucking’s biggest challenges, and positions taken by industry lobby groups. Kristen Monaco of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't buy it.

CTA unveils trucking wish list for federal election

TORONTO, Ont. -- Canada's federal election is officially underway, and the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) wants several trucking-related issues to be reflected in party platforms.

Truck drivers exempt from Labour Code changes

Business groups are sounding the alarm about recent changes to the Canada Labour Code. OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada’s trucking industry appears to have secured a reprieve from wide-reaching changes to…

Logbooks fading away as Canada prepares to mandate ELDs

TORONTO, Ont. -- Transport Canada announced this month that it will mandate electronic logging devices (ELDs) as of June 2021 – more than three years after the U.S. first required the time-tracking equipment in the place of paper logbooks. And that's despite the fact that Canada had a head start on developing the underlying technical standards.