The Manitoba Trucking Association’s (MTA) 82nd Annual General Meeting was held Tuesday March 11, 2014. This year’s president’s report focused on the MTA’s work in three specific areas: Advocacy, Leadership and Industry Promotion.
The AGM was opened with an infrastructure update from the Honourable Steve Ashton, Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. Guests then received a presentation on Transportation Trends for 2014 by this year’s Keynote speaker Lou Smyrlis, Publisher & Editorial Director Trucking Group of Transportation Media Properties. Following the presentations, was the election of the new Board of Directors and Executive Committee, they are as follows:
Greg   Arndt                          Jade Transport Ltd.                        (President)
Gary   Arnold                        Arnold Bros. Transport Ltd.          (1st Vice President)
John Erik Albrechtsen            Paul’s Hauling Ltd.                       (2nd Vice President)
Ed Dillon                                 Kleysen Group LP                             (Executive member at large)
Bernie Driedger                     Portage Transport Inc.                  (Executive member at large)
Doug   Witt                           Gardewine Group Inc.                   (Executive member at large)
Jas Brar                                  4Tracks Ltd.
Ron Cram                               Cheval Transport Ltd.
Bruce Danylchuk                    E.B.D. Enterprises Inc.
Jason Dubois                          Len Dubois Trucking
Darrin Fiske                            Kleysen Group LP
Borden Hadley                       Smooth Freight Ltd.
Tobi Hadley                            Smooth Freight Ltd.
Kyle Harris                             Harris Transport Ltd.
Scott   Kinley                         Gladstone Transfer
Derek Lachaine                      TransX Limited
Marc Meyer                           Meyer Bros. Trucking Ltd.
Rick Ottenbreit                      Searcy Trucking
Jeff Odway                             Prairie International Container & Dray Services Inc.
Doug Siemens                        Siemens Transportation Group Inc
Kevin Small                            Agri-Tel Transport
Dave   Tyrchniewicz              Turk Enterprises Ltd.
Tom    Van Dam                    Big Freight Systems Inc.
Pauline Wiebe-Peters            Payne Transportation LP
Steve  Zokvic                        Bison Transport Inc
The MTA thanks this year’s event sponsor BFL Canada Insurance Services Inc. and also extends their appreciation to Norm Blagden of Searcy Trucking for his past two years of dedicated service as President of the MTA.