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Mike Millian
Transport Canada reached out to colleagues at PHAC regarding the ArriveCAN issue you flagged earlier this week. Of note, they recently received a similar request from another carrier, and have contacted them to provide direct support. For your awareness, in...
The Private Motor Truck Council of Canada and Benchmark Sponsor, Ontario Truck Driving School, have announced that the 5th annual PMTC Canadian Private Fleet benchmarking survey instrument is live as of today, February 8th. This study is open for completion...
Covid-19 has been a major part of our lives, day in and day out since government shutdowns and restrictions took place in Mid March of this year. We have been living with this in every aspect of our lives...
Regular readers of this column will be fully aware of the PMTC’s concerns on ELD timelines & our concerns over Transport Canada’s refusal at this point to meaningfully address these concerns as the compliance deadline continues to approach at...
The image of the Professional Truck Driver has taken a hit over the last 20 plus years. It has long been considered a job of last resort, or a second career. We have all heard the statement “Can’t do...
The PMTC has been involved in consultations with Transport Canada and CCMTA on Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) for many years and have come out in favour of them on numerous occasions. We were extremely pleased when the announcement was...
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...