Essential Cross-Border Shipments Clarified – CBP Statement

Trucking Associations across Canada have been receiving a high volume of call from Carriers, Drivers, Shippers and Receivers wanting to understand what essential travel is across the Canada/US border. The attached document from U.S. Customs clarifies this suggesting...

Public Rest Areas Must Stay Open

CTA & ATA Request Governments Keep Public Rest Areas Open During States of Emergency Keeping Canada and America’s trucking industry moving during this ongoing battle against the spread of COVID-19 means that commercial truck rest areas must remain open and...

Voluntary Quarantine Measures For The Trucking Industry

Canadian Trucking Alliance Public Statement on Voluntary Quarantine Measures for Leaving the Country These are unprecedented times for Canadians. The Canadian Trucking Alliance supports the Government of Canada and all provinces in every way to mitigate the spread of...

​ESDC Announces Steps Toward Regulating Scheduling Exemptions

(Feb. 14, 2020) — Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has announced a process to consider solidifying exemptions from new scheduling requirements for certain job classes in the trucking industry. In 2019 ESDC announced interim exemptions in a variety...