Regulations
Strengthened Measures to Enhance Safety on B.C. Highways for Commercial Vehicles
To ensure safer highway travel, the province of British Columbia is implementing tougher actions to deter trucks from colliding with overpasses and other infrastructure. The new measures, targeting unsafe commercial-vehicle drivers, include escalating consequences for trucking companies involved in infrastructure crashes.
Reminder: Federally Regulated Employers to Provide Access to Menstrual Products
Starting December 15, federally regulated employers must provide menstrual products to workers at no cost while in the workplace.
This includes putting pads and tampons in washrooms or another space controlled by the employer so that any worker who needs them (including cisgender women, non-binary individuals, transgender men, and intersex individuals) during their workdays has access.
CARM Client Portal 101 Webinar: Register Today
CBSA’s Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) team is pleased to introduce a series of webinars aimed at providing comprehensive insights into the implications of CARM.
Specifically designed for small and medium businesses, they will guide you through the necessary steps to register on the CARM Client Portal.
Registration is required to participate in upcoming CBSA webinars, please see below for more info:
CTA: HOS and ELD Exemptions Not Necessary for Livestock Transport
In a letter this week to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) provided feedback to a series of committee meetings looking into Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Requirements and Animal Transport.
Canadian Trucking Alliance: Governments Go Live With Driver Inc Fraud and Enforcement Reporting Channels
By the Canadian Trucking Alliance
To assist government departments in combatting unscrupulous and illegal behaviour by Driver Inc carriers, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) and its provincial association partners are calling on members and all compliant carriers to report cases of noncompliance to provincial and federal agencies.
Seven Things All Federally Regulated Employers Need to Know
By Trucking HR Canada
The Canada Labour Code has undergone numerous changes in recent years. Federally regulated employers need to understand these changes to ensure they remain compliant with the Code and other federal legislation. With Fall approaching, we wanted to provide an overview of changes that have come into force in the last year, as well as highlight some that are on the horizon for late 2023 and early 2024.
Reminder: Provincial State of Emergency Until September 14
To ensure public safety and support the response to B.C.’s worst-ever wildfire season, the Province is extending the provincial state of emergency until Sept. 14, 2023. Many areas continue to have a fire risk and tens of thousands of people still under evacuation order and alert.
4,200 people on evacuation order, nearly 65,000 additional people remain on evacuation alert and ready to leave their homes at a moment’s notice.
Transport Canada HOS Exemptions- Reminder
A reminder that on August 18th, 2023, Transport Canada implemented Hours-of-Service (HOS) exemptions as a result of wildfires. Note that the measure provides options for an HOS exemption designed solely to support efforts by extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to transport essential supplies and equipment, in direct assistance to the emergency relief efforts in response to the wildfires in British Columbia and Yukon.