The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), representing over 5,000 member companies across the country, has submitted its 2025 pre-budget recommendations to the federal government, urging immediate action to strengthen Canada’s economy, supply chain, and trucking industry.
With systemic issues like tax non-compliance, road safety, and unfair competition threatening the trucking sector, CTA’s submission outlines key policy recommendations aimed at restoring fairness and ensuring the long-term competitiveness of Canada’s transportation network.
Among the critical issues raised, the CTA highlights the urgent need to address widespread worker misclassification in the trucking industry, particularly the illegal “Driver Inc.” model that undermines compliant carriers and jeopardizes worker protections. The CTA calls for increased resources to enforce misclassification regulations, accelerate wage theft claims, and collaborate with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to curb tax evasion.
Additionally, the Alliance urges the government to implement Permanent Full Expensing for Canadian fleets to match U.S. tax incentives, ensuring the sector remains competitive.
Other key recommendations include those pertaining to oversized/overweight movements, creating a centralized safety and compliance database for trucking companies, expanding truck rest areas to support drivers, and investing in Canada Border Services Agency’s IT infrastructure to reduce costly cross-border delays. The CTA emphasizes these reforms are critical to supporting the trucking industry’s contribution to Canada’s economic growth and national supply chain resilience.
Over the coming weeks, CTA will release more details relating to each of these key areas.