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...

How to Become a Successful Trucking Dispatcher

Truck drivers represent more than 45 percent of our industry’s workers, but there are other occupations in trucking and logistics that deserve consideration too. According to Trucking HR’s Labour Market Information: Interim Report September 2019, dispatchers made up...