Posted Monday January 21, 2019 in News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology
Declaring the government was “motivated by the need for highway safety”, Transport Minister Marc Garneau and his provincial counterparts announced a national mandatory entry level training standard for commercial truck drivers by Jan. 1, 2020 and harmonized technical standards for ELDs
Posted Monday January 21, 2019 in Environment/fuel, News Releases, Operations/safety
OTA is looking to continue building on the groundwork established in 2018 to evolve truck safety enforcement toward levelling the playing field for compliant carriers
Posted Thursday December 20, 2018 in Admin & Tax, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases
CTA’s Driver Inc. campaign is in full swing. It warns and educates drivers and carriers engaged in Driver Inc that Revenue Canada is treating incorporated company drivers as Personal Service Business who must provide and file T4As and not eligible for small business deductions.
Posted Friday December 14, 2018 in Admin & Tax, Environment/fuel, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
The Ontario Trucking Association this week filed its pre-budget submission, drawing again the provincial government’s attention toward longstanding industry issues
Posted Thursday December 13, 2018 in News Releases, Operations/safety
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is continuing to push electronic logging device (ELD) enforcement across Canada by early 2020 after the Alliance assembled a group of suppliers and technical experts to provide the government with a roadmap on third party-certification.
Posted Wednesday December 12, 2018 in Border & Customs, News Releases
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) was informed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that the truck turnaround policy for major ACI AMPS penalties, will once again be extended until December 31, 2019 in the highway mode.
Posted Monday December 10, 2018 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology
The Canadian Trucking Alliance is applauding the announcement by the First Ministers Conference in Montreal to remove internal trade barriers for the trucking industry
Posted Friday November 30, 2018 in Admin & Tax, Image/PR, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases
Are incorporated drivers ready to file their taxes properly and are certain carriers prepared to start handing out T4As to all drivers and comply with all federal and provincial labour requirements?
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...
