Posted Friday August 25, 2023 in Admin & Tax, Image/PR, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
Ontario Transportation Minister Mulroney visited OTA Board member Maritime Ontario Freight Lines just ahead of National Trucking Week (Sept. 3-9) to celebrate the trucking industry and the province’s hard working truck drivers.
Posted Tuesday June 27, 2023 in Environment/fuel, News Releases, Operations/safety
MTO has announced an extension to the DriveON program transition period, which will allow for additional time to complete development for the program and ensure a more seamless transition from the current paper-based Motor Vehicle Inspection Station (MVIS) program to the more complex and technologically-driven DriveON.
Posted Thursday March 24, 2022 in Border & Customs
The Government of Canada recently announced that effective April 1, 2022 at 12:01 AM EDT, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada by air, land or water. For partially or unvaccinated travellers who are currently allowed to travel to Canada, pre-entry testing requirements are not changing.
Posted Friday November 05, 2021 in Business, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety
OTA continues to follow developments being reported by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) with respect to the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) vaccine mandate impacting US truck drivers.
Posted Friday November 05, 2021 in Business, Infrastructure, Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety
Trucking companies that provide services for government agencies in the aerospace, distribution, defense are warning the Biden administration they will not be able to meet the vaccine deadline
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...
