PTTAC Applauds Provinces Actions to Improve Commercial Truck Training Programs
Alberta and Ontario are the first to attempt to crack down on the shoddy entry level training that is being offered across Canada. Other provinces are talking about doing the same. Jim Campbell, Chairman of the Professional Truck Training Alliance of Canada (PTTAC)...
MPP Guy Bourgouin Introduces Private Member’s Bill to Improve Highway Safety
MPP Bourgouin (Mushkegowuk – James Bay) is calling on the government to increase truck driver training requirements. Amidst ongoing reports of fraud and corruption in truck driver licensing centers across Ontario, MPP Bourgouin tabled his latest private member’s bill...
Measure of Trucking Activity Up in Three of Past Four Months
Trucking activity in the United States rose modestly in October, according to the American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, the third increase since July. “The slow, and choppy, climb off of the bottom continued in...
ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 2.1% in September
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.1% in September after rising 1.7% in August. In September, the index equaled 113.2 (2015=100) compared with 115.6 in August. “After increasing a total of 2.1% in July...
Left Lane Associates places No. 57 on The Globe and Mail’s sixth annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
Left Lane Associates is pleased to announce it has ranked No. 57 on the 2024 Report on Business magazine’s ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, with a 753% growth over the past 3 years. “Our team thrives when our clients succeed, and this...
AMTA Industry Innovations Expo Showcases Alberta’s Leadership in Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels
The Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) is proud to announce the Industry Innovations Expo, set to take place at the Edmonton Expo Centre on September 26, 2024. This event will showcase the significant hydrogen and alternative fuel advancements and innovations...
Trucking Challenges and Solutions
It’s no secret that the transportation industry has its challenges: finding disconnects and gaps in proper education and training practices; misconceptions about MELT; having a lack of jurisdictional authority/communication to effectively audit and establish...
Winning and Leadership
Recently the fine folks at Giant Tiger (GT) included me in to their fall meeting in Johnstown, Ontario at their state of the art distribution centre. The meeting was with some management and some of their professional drivers. When a company asks me to come and speak...
A Step in the Right Direction – How the pilot program will serve the transportation industry and our country
On September 26, 2024, a new pilot program was launched to mutually recognize regulatory requirements throughout the trucking sector – one of the big wins is when it comes to permit applications and other requirements for oversize loads – across Canada....
