OTA in The News

OTA staff and members participated in about a dozen interviews and appeared in more than 20 media news, radio and op-eds this week to discuss primarily the AG report, Northern Ontario safety, the Stop Illegal Trucking safety campaign, as well as border issues. See below:

Canada cracks down on a billion-dollar trucking loophole (Lansing City Pulse)

https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/premium/stacker/stories/canada-cracks-down-on-a-billion-dollar-trucking-loophole,191368

Sarkaria says Ontario cracking down on truck training ‘bad actors’ (Truck News)

Sarkaria says Ontario cracking down on truck training ‘bad actors’

OTA calls for trucking company audits after auditor general exposes training gaps (Truck News)

OTA calls for trucking company audits after auditor general exposes training gaps

Ontario auditor general notes problem with commercial trucker training. @jimrichards1010 talks with @OnTruck (iHeart Radio)

Some Ontario private career colleges accrediting truck drivers without minimum training, A-G finds (The Globe and Mail)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-private-career-colleges-truck-driver-accreditation

Undercover truck driving students weren’t taught key maneuvers at private colleges: Ontario’s auditor general (CBC)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/auditor-general-trucking-report-9.7196634

State of trucker training and licensing ‘chilling’: auditor general (Orillia Matters)

https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/state-of-trucker-training-and-licensing-chilling-auditor-general-12273273

Commercial trucker training and licensing problematic in Ontario: auditor general (The Canadian Press News)

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/commercial-trucker-training-and-licensing-problematic-in-ontario-auditor-general/article_7058932c-a58f-5c0e-afc5-fdf60ed28da6.html

• Reposts
  • https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/05/12/commercial-trucker-training-and-licensing-problematic-in-ontario-auditor-general/
  • https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/politics/queens-park/article/commercial-trucker-training-and-licensing-problematic-in-ontario-auditor-general/

NOMA/FONOM

Trucking association joins municipalities to press for highway upgrades (Timmins Today)

https://www.timminstoday.com/local-news/trucking-association-joins-municipalities-to-press-for-highway-upgrades-12263143

Northern Leaders and Industry Call for Coordinated Investment in Highways 11 and 17 (FONOM)

Northern Leaders and Industry Call for Coordinated Investment in Highways 11 and 17

Northern Ontario Safety

• Northern municipalities and trucking industry urge faster highway upgrades(Elliot Lake Today)
• https://www.elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/northern-municipalities-and-trucking-industry-urge-faster-highway-upgrades-12248988

• Municipalities, trucking industry urge faster highway upgrades(Orillia Matters)
• https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/municipalities-trucking-industry-urge-faster-highway-upgrades-12254021
• Municipalities, trucking industry urge faster highway upgrades (Midland Today)
• https://www.midlandtoday.ca/local-news/municipalities-trucking-industry-urge-faster-highway-upgrades-12254021

Ontario Trucking Association calls for improvements to Highways 17 and 11 (Sault Star)

https://www.saultstar.com/news/ontario-trucking-association-calls-for-improvements-to-highways-17-and-11

Trucking association joins municipalities to press for highway upgrades (Soo Today)

https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/trucking-association-joins-municipalities-to-press-for-highway-upgrades-12264232

Ontario Trucking Association joins municipalities to press for highway upgrades (Northern Ontario Business)

https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/industry-news/transportation/ontario-trucking-association-joins-municipalities-to-press-for-highway-upgrades-12255524#google_vignette