Posted Tuesday April 20, 2021 in Border & Customs, Business, Image/PR, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
Industry stands ready to increase vaccination rate of essential truck drivers
Posted Tuesday April 20, 2021 in Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety
Prince Edward Island (PEI) has announced new travel measures that will alter travel to the province and will now require all non-PEI resident workers (including truck drivers) entering PEI from outside of the Atlantic provinces to be tested within 72 hours of arriving in the province
Posted Monday April 19, 2021 in Labour/HR/driver shortage, Operations/safety
he Province of Ontario revised this policy and clarified that police would only be able to stop vehicles or people if they are suspected of participating in an organized public event or social gathering
Posted Friday April 16, 2021 in Border & Customs, Business, Labour/HR/driver shortage, News Releases, Operations/safety
The Government of Ontario today introduced a series of announcements regarding new lockdown rules for most sectors of the economy. While trucking remains an essential service, there will be some increased enforcement scrutiny on the classification of essential services
Posted Thursday April 15, 2021 in News Releases, Operations/safety
The new red tape and burden reduction measures are intended to minimize existing barriers on businesses and support a long-term recovery plan through Ontario’s Spring Red Tape Reduction Package and introduced the Supporting Recovery and Competitiveness Act.
Posted Thursday April 15, 2021 in Operations/safety, Technology
OTA was formally notified by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) today that effective May 17, 2021, individuals completing the Class A road test in a vehicle with an automatic transmission, including automated-manual transmissions, will be restricted from operating a Class A vehicle with a manual transmission
Posted Thursday April 15, 2021 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety
Rolling blockades on public highways are a threat to public safety and are not responsible or effective expressions of citizens’ or groups’ democratic right to protest.
Posted Monday April 12, 2021 in Infrastructure, News Releases, Operations/safety, Technology
To be in compliance with SPIF, all sizes trucking companies have invested billions in new equipment that better protects Ontario’s road infrastructure and improves vehicle safety.
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...
