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Transport Canada ELD clarifications
The AMTA has been informed, that with Transport Canada (TC) releasing further clarifications regarding electronic logging devices and their certification process once ELDs become mandated June 2021.
Timeline: COVID-19 and the Transportation Industry
CTA: Have Your Say on Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Extension and Reform
Trucking HR Canada to host national press conference
Trucking HR Canada has announced it will host a national press conference March 12 announcing the release of its Labour Market Information Report: The Road Ahead: Addressing Canada’s Trucking and Logistics Industry Labour Shortage.
Alberta Budget 2020 release: Staying the course on the path to balance
Following only four months after the 2019 release, it was expected there would not be a lot of changes to the prior budget plan. Finance Minister and President of the Treasury Board, Travis Toews, addressed delegates with the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Monday, March 2 about the new release.
Ahead by a century
For East-West Express drivers Gordon Jones and Harold Westendorp, it’s the draw of the open road that has kept them behind the wheels for a collective century.
Cost-sharing agreement in place to twin Highway 40
In a release from the Alberta Government, government, the Municipal District of Greenview and the County of Grande Prairie have reached a cost-sharing agreement to twin Highway 40, south of Grande Prairie.
CTA: National commercial insurance task force launches in Alberta
CTA Release: The newly minted Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) Commercial Insurance Task Force held its first meeting in Edmonton yesterday, with CTA and Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) members providing a voice for the commercial trucking industry.
Alberta Government asking public opinion on province regulations regarding trucking, bus and service companies
In a release from the Alberta Government, the public is being asked to weigh in on how the province regulates trucking, bus and service companies.
CTA Appears Before Standing Committee on CUSMA Ratification
CTA Release: Appearing before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade regarding Bill C-4 – An Act to implement the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States – the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) called for the Agreement to be unanimously endorsed by the Committee and ratified by the House of Commons as soon as possible.
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