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Apr 8, 2009

Legislation Planning * Canada - B.C.'s for safer trucking industry

Victoria,BC,CAN -Today's Trucking -8 April 2009: -- A four-point plan to improve the safety of commercial vehicles has been tabled in the B.C. government... Transportation and Infrastructure Minister, Kevin Falcon, tabled the plan and worked with members of the provincial trucking industry to develop the strategy... The four points of the plan are:

- Implement a Premium Carrier Program where privileges are given to carriers that follow best practices.
- Ensure enforcement activities target shippers who overload or improperly load vehicles.
- Remove vehicles with critical defects from the road by seizing their license plates for up to 30 days.
- Enhance the auditing program for the facilities in the Commercial Vehicle Inspection Program.

(Picture, by Jeff Mc Intosh: guim.co.uk: Trucks on Oil Sands)

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Jan 12, 2008

New law angers truckers * Canada - Smoking ban in workplace applies to industry

Edmonton,Saskatchewan,Canada -Canwest News Service/ Edmonton Journal/The StarPhoenix (Saskatchewan,Canada), by Jamie Hall - January 12, 2008: -- Angry truck drivers in Alberta are being forced to butt out under new provincial legislation that considers work vehicles to be workplaces, a move truckers say will turn the province's highways into parking lots... "How else are we going to smoke when we're on the road all day unless we pull over?" said a clearly frustrated Gerry Nadeau at a 24-hour truck stop just outside Edmonton... "I feel like (smokers) are being treated like criminals"... "This is my home and no one can tell me what to do in my home," said Schrader, smoking, from the cab of his rig...

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Nov 17, 2007

LAWS * Canada - Mandatory speed limiter proposal filed in Quebec

QUE,Canada -Land Line Magazine (USA) -November 15, 2007: -- Julie Boulet, minister of transportation in the Canadian province of Quebec, introduced a six-point highway bill Wednesday, Nov. 14, that includes a push for mandatory speed limiters on heavy trucks... Boulet’s proposed amendment to the Highway Safety Code calls for speed limiters to be set at 105 kilometers per hour, or 65 mph, on all heavy trucks operating in the province, regardless of where they are base plated... The legislation also includes proposals for red-light cameras and photo radar, stricter penalties for speeding, stricter penalties for drunken driving, a ban on cell phone handsets, and graduated drivers’ licenses for new drivers... Critics of the bill, including owner-operator associations in Canada and the U.S., say it lacks resources for enforcement, particularly the enforcement of existing laws...

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Oct 1, 2007

Anti-scab Legislation * Canada - CTA resumes fight against

For the second time this year, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is launching a campaign aimed at the defeat of proposed legislation to ban replacement workers in federally regulated organizations in the event of a labor stoppage

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Truckstop Canada News -1st Oct 2007: -- ... Earlier this year, a Bloc Quebecois private member’s bill, C-257, was defeated in the Commons. The bill failed to gain the support of many Liberal MPs -- who held the swing votes -- largely because it did not contain an essential services provision... There are at least 10,000 for-hire carriers competing in the marketplace and in the event of a protracted strike at a trucking company, that organization would soon be out of business as its competitors would move quickly to take over the freight, says the Alliance.

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Feb 1, 2007

Laws * Canada - Anti-scab law would shake trucking industry

Ottawa,Ont,CAN -Today's Trucking -1 Feb 2007: -- A labor union-spurred law that makes replacement workers and picket crossing illegal could "unnecessarily disrupt the stability of labor relations balance in the trucking industry," says Canadian Trucking Alliance Chief Executive Officer David Bradley... Speaking before the Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Bradley said that Bill C-257, which affects federally regulated companies, would easily give organized labor the upper hand during contract negotiations... If passed in its present form, the bill would prevent the use of any replacement worker except for management, during a strike or lockout... Using bargaining union members who wish to work, contractors, and employees of a related company would also be prohibited... (Photo: Labor unions claim C-257 will reduce strikes, while businesses say it unfairly tilts negotiations in workers' favor)

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