Posted Friday May 15, 2020 in Admin & Tax, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases
The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS), which was initially slated to run until June 6 and has now been extended until the end of August 2020.
Posted Thursday May 14, 2020 in Admin & Tax, Business, Infrastructure, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Security
FMCSA announces updated Hours of Service Regulations; OTA Confirms Trucking Is Eligible for RRRF; Coping with Covid-19 Webinar; FMCSA Extends COVID-19 Emergency Declaration for Trucking; P.E.I. relaxes self-isolation rules for truckers; COVID-19 Ripens Conditions for Cyberattacks on Trucking
Posted Wednesday May 13, 2020 in Admin & Tax, Business, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases
CTA applauded Ottawa’s decision to provide bridge loans to large companies who have exhausted access to credit as a result of COVID-19 and is encouraged that the government will put conditions to block certain companies from using public money to fund unscrupulous operations.
Posted Tuesday May 12, 2020 in Business, Labour/HR/driver shortage
Trucking HR Canada will host a Covid-19 webinar, with guest speaker David Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data.
Posted Friday May 08, 2020 in Admin & Tax, Image/PR, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety
Heeeere’s Johnnny! – Jon braves leaving the house without perfect hair to finally join the ‘cast; while Beghetto bangs the table – err, quite literally – for more COVID-19 trucking updates from the boys. Geoff and Lak take us for a spin across Canada economic reopening plans; while Steve gets real about relief measures and struggling carriers.
Posted Friday May 08, 2020 in Admin & Tax, Business, Infrastructure, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety, Security
CTA Issues Document on Guidelines to Reopening Provincial Economies; Transport Canada provides additional guidance on use of PPE for commercial vehicle drivers; TC Pilot Project to Test e-shipping Docs; Trucking industry under siege from cyber-attackers in wake of pandemic fears
Posted Friday May 08, 2020 in Admin & Tax, Business, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the emergency wage subsidy (CEWS) program is being extended past June to “help kickstart our economic reopening and boost jobs.” Additional details are expected next week.
Posted Friday May 08, 2020 in Business, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases
Federal data is supporting the Canadian Trucking Alliance’s recent findings that, despite being an essential service, the trucking industry is far from immune to the economic shocks brought on by the COVID-19 crisis and that federal aid is required to provide much-needed relief to trucking companies.
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) was founded in 1926, and provides services and public policy advocacy for trucking companies hauling freight into, out of and within the Province of Ontario. OTA is the only trucking association in Ontario that represents all segments of the industry - for-hire carriers, private carriers, intermodal, suppliers, etc. » More...
