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Taking place June 22 at the McMahon Stadium parking lot in Calgary, the full-day event is set to be a hub for fleets, truck and trailer dealers, tire and parts sales, service providers, and anyone interested in industry.

One of the benefits of being an AMTA member is that through our alliance with CITT – Canada’s Logistics Association – any employee of your company can join CITT as an affiliate member for only $100/year (regular price: $250/year).Please feel free to share this information with any employees who might be interested in joining a professional association, including accessing the wide variety of learning & development and networking opportunities that come with membership.

On April 1, 2024, the federal minimum wage will increase to $17.30 from $16.65 per hour in 2023, an increase of a $0.60 or 3.9%.

The federal minimum wage, which came into force on December 29, 2021, is adjusted automatically on April 1 of every year, based on the average annual increase of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as reported by Statistics Canada. This is to ensure that the federal minimum wage keeps pace with inflation. This year’s rate increase reflects the 3.9% annual average rise of the CPI for Canada in the previous calendar year, rounded up to the nearest $0.05.

With over $46 billion in direct investments into North American hydrogen projects, an increase of $17 billion from 2022, momentum in the region continues to accelerate rapidly. The 2024 program is expanding to six content streams and 200+ speakers to drill deeper into key hydrogen topics – from the game-changing policy impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Canada’s Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit, to the latest on exporting hydrogen, H2Hubs, production pathways, infrastructure build-outs, securing project offtake agreements and more.

The 2024 Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) of the Alberta Motor Transport Association (“Association” and “AMTA”) will take place in-person as follows:

The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) is excited to announce it has acquired the services of EHS Analytics, a company among Canada’s leading providers of advanced safety data analytics solutions. This collaboration will provide AMTA with cutting-edge data analytics to monitor, analyze, and generate actionable insights for transportation safety improvements.

As an influential advocate for transportation safety, AMTA is committed to using data-driven strategies to enhance services to its members. EHS Analytics will strengthen AMTA’s data analytics capabilities in motor transport safety.