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Mike Millian
Mike grew up on a beef farm in rural Southwestern Ontario in Huron County and began his career in the Trucking Industry in 1990 at the age of 18.
Mike spent three years working for a local carrier Hauling Livestock and bulk agriculture products.
At the age of 21 Mike went to work for a long Haul Refrigerated and general freight carrier and spent 5 years hauling freight in all 48 US Mainland States and 6 Canadian Provinces.
The Carrier then opened a Certified Driver Training School in 1998 and Mike came off the road to become one of the Schools First Certified Driver Trainers.
In 2000 Mike Transitioned into Safety and Compliance for the Fleet, while still working part time as a Trainer for the School.
In 2002 Mike moved over to a Private Fleet and became the Safety, Compliance, Maintenance and Training manager for the Hensall District Co-operative’s Commercial Trucking Fleet. Mike spent the next 12.5 years with Hensall and oversaw the Fleets as it grew from 40 Trucks in 2002 to over 160 in 2015.
In January of 2015 Mike moved into the Trucking Association business and was named the President of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada, where he remains in his current role.
Auditor general reports in Manitoba and Ontario, released this fall, uncovered some major shortcomings when it comes to enforcement of regulations governing Commercial Motor Vehicle Carriers, drivers, and monitoring of the programs and people who are responsible for administering...
Almost overnight our entire lives changed, both professionally and personally. While some lives were affected much more severely than others, we have all been affected in some way or another. COVID-19 and its effects on the way we have...
CARGO THEFT steals up to $9 billion a year from companies shipping goods within
Canada – an amount that exceeds the entire 12-month retail sales volume of
Newfoundland/Labrador, PEI, Yukon and the Northwest Territories combined.
It is among the fastest-growing crimes that...
I want to start of by saying I hope everyone is healthy in these trying and unprecedented times, both physically and mentally. Times like this, that none of us have ever seen before, are hard on everyone, and the...
On a stormy late afternoon in the Greater Toronto Area late in February, a truck came around a bend in the road and saw the road blocked in front of him as a result of an accident. The driver,...
In recent months I have made several presentations on Mandatory Entry Level Training (MELT) and provided updates and information or where we sit in each jurisdiction and where the National Entry Level Training Standard file is at. MELT is...
A recent article in the Globe and Mail has shone a light on some very unsavoury and unsafe practices that are occurring in our country when it comes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. (October 5th, “How an immigration...
In early August, the Trucking Industry and Supply Chain were shocked when Canada labour Code Part 3 revisions were made public. Specific changes that would do the supply chain irreparable harm were not included in any consultation that occurred...
I am going to focus this month’s column on the reduced load period, commonly referred to as Spring Weight Restrictions, or Frost laws. Although I have touched on this subject before, little has changed, and it needs to be...
I read with interestcomments in a recent Truck News article covering the Truckload Carriers Association Panel on Driver Retention and Turnover. (March 12th article “Compensation is key to reducing turnover”.) It was summarized in the article that the message...
