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For safety’s sake: Sharing our knowledge

Dave Elniski, AMTA Industry Advisor, Safety & Compliance

I recently had a conversation with Harmeet Shoker, the Safety and Compliance Director for Rig Logistics. We discussed a number of topics (mostly sharing our thoughts about what skills and attitudes make someone a professional driver). Both of us started in Canada’s trucking industry as a truck driver – flatbeds for me, vans for him – but our experiences have been dramatically different.

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TAT Builds Partnerships and Expands Reach in Canada

*Photo via TAT newsletter

Through a Coalition Build (CB) in Alberta, a Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) meeting in British Columbia and a Fleet Safety Council Event in Ontario, Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) staff engaged leaders from the energy and trucking industries and law enforcement in efforts to combat human trafficking in Canada.

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Driving Back to Work grant changes

Alberta: The Government of Alberta is making changes to the eligibility criteria for Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridor’s Driving Back to Work (DBTW) Grant. These changes will make grant funding available to a wider variety of Albertans. The grant will continue to provide funding to support recipients in the process of obtaining their Class 1 licence, specifically to complete Air Brake training and Class 1 Mandatory Entry Level Training (MELT).

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AMTA Board of Directors announces Dean Paisley Service to Industry Award

Everyone in Alberta’s commercial transportation industry is familiar with the name Dean Paisley.

Throughout his 48-year career, Dean had tremendous impacts not only on the industry but also on the lives of all who knew him.

In honour of Dean’s life – and his many significant contributions to both AMTA and the industry, the association’s Board of Directors has announced that AMTA’s Service to Industry Award has been changed to the Dean Paisley Service to Industry Award.

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ELDs: All Systems Go for January 2023

The Canadian Trucking Alliance and the provincial trucking associations fully support Transport Canada’s electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. All of the provincial associations in the Alliance are reporting to CTA that their respective governments are ready to enforce the ELD regulations starting January 1, 2023.

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Advertorial: Improving safety for commercial drivers is the primary objective of the ELD mandate.

Passenger vehicles are sharing busier and busier highways with more commercial vehicles – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in varying road conditions. While the importance of improving road safety is obvious, putting plans and rules into place that the transportation and logistics industry can easily adopt is a significant challenge.

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CTA: Trucking industry launches new campaign to end widespread tax and labour abuse in sector

CTA Oct. 18, 2022 – For over five years, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) has been calling for action on a tax and labour scheme that has emerged in the trucking industry. Known as Driver Inc, this scheme radically breaks with both the traditional employee and owner-operator models.

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In Memoriam: Dean Paisley

The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) community is grieving the loss of Dean Paisley, who served the association, its membership, and our industry for many years.

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Prorate and IRP Processing Experiencing Wait Time Reductions

Federally regulated carriers in Alberta can partake in the International Registration Plan (IRP) through the Alberta Transportation IRP Online system (ATIOS), administered through Alberta’s Prorate Services, to save from getting trip permits when they leave the province. AMTA’s Compliance & Regulatory Affairs (CRA) has been meeting regularly with Prorate Services to relay industry feedback and find ways to reduce processing times.

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Media Advisory: Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) names 2023 board chair, new directors

Doug Paisley, of LTT Logistics and RK Trailer Rentals – based out of Lethbridge, has been named Chair of the AMTA Board of Directors for the 2023 term. Paisley has served as an AMTA board member since 2011, most recently as Immediate Past Chair from 2019-2022. He was also the Board chair from 2018-2019.

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AMTA congratulates 2022 Awards winners

Each year, as part of its AGM, AMTA celebrates the achievements of professionals in the commercial transportation industry who go above and beyond expectations. This year, AMTA honours six individuals who have made significant impacts to the association and/or industry.

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