The Trucking Network is a Canadian “English and Punjabi” bilingual publication, founded in 2012. Dedicated to the hard working professional drivers and their families across North America.
The Driver Inc. model is a driver pay system where individual drivers are paid as contractors instead of employees. Under this model, significant money is saved in tax payments since these contractors often only pay business tax and are...
The best resource for real time specifics will always be Drive BC ( www.drivebc.ca ). We will NOT be providing notice of real-time highway conditions as the provincial government is best positioned to do this. Please DO NOT “read between...
Ever increasing vaccination mandates on essential workers, by both private businesses and governments alike, are causing severe shortages in an already depleted workforce. This is especially true in the supply chain, where severe shortages in workers are prevalent in...
The Province of Ontario made headlines throughout Canada in October of 2021 when a proposed law was announced to provide delivery drivers with access to washrooms at the businesses they service . If passed, the law will allow truck...
It makes the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) Top Industry Issues report every year. It is spoken about and described by various organisations like Trucking HR Canada. Outside of North America, countries grapple with it. The driver shortage is...
OTA continues to follow developments being reported by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) with respect to the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) vaccine mandate impacting US truck drivers. In news shared earlier today with the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)...
Earlier this Fall, Volvo made some of their own history by accepting the largest order of their fully-electric Class 8 trucks. The order totaled 16 of Volvo’s VNR Electric Class 8 trucks, and they will be delivered to a...
The American Transportation Research Institute, the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, released its 17th annual Top Industry Issues report, identifying a number of the industry’s key concerns including the driver shortage, driver retention, driver compensation, lawsuit abuse reform, truck...
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) announced today regulations which mandate third-party certified electronic logging devices (ELD) for all carriers operating in Ontario by June 12, 2022. MTO’s release indicates applying ELDs for all drivers and carriers who are required...
The Ontario Trucking Association would like to extend its condolences to the friends and family of Jack Bennett, owner of Listowel Transport, J.E. Transport and BenLea Leasing. A celebration of Jack’s life will be held at the Galt Country Club,...
