Reduced Load Restrictions will be TERMINATED for all provincial highways listed in Schedule 2 on all designated highways in Area 1, Zone 1A, Zone 1B and all Local Roads Boards Roads at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T Sunday, May 5, 2024. Please see the links below and maps for more details. Reduced Load Restrictions THUNDER BAY TERMINATED Area 1 Zone 1A, Zone 1B and Local Roads Boards RoadsMay 3, 2024 Northwestern Region Zone Map_public ..read more

Truck drivers are the lifeblood of our industry. They are essential to driving commerce, building a customer network and representing the industry to the public and decision makers. Now it’s time to reward those drivers in your fleet who exemplify true professionalism, dedication safety and community building. OTA wants to hear stories about our province’s greatest truck drivers. We are accepting applications for both the 2024 Volvo Trucks Canada-OTA Driver of the Year Award and the OTA-Bridgestone Truck Hero Award. Each year the Driver of the Year Award goes to a professional transport d ..read more

The Ontario Police Commercial Vehicle Committee (OPCVC) held its annual general meeting today in Gormley, Ont. The event was hosted by OTA member Anderson Haulage with members participating in-person and virtually. OPCVC is comprised of all frontline Ontario police officers, including provincial (OPP) and municipal services that are Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) certified by the MTO. The committee was established in 2009 to build working relations between all policing partners, MTO and the trucking industry to support road safety initiatives across the province. “We are p ..read more

If you are a federally regulated employer with 100 or more employees, you are required to submit your annual employment equity report by June 1. Join THRC for an overview of helpful new tools and resources that help make it easier to complete the reporting requirements, including how to report various types of truck driver pay. Under LEEP, employers must provide information about their workforce, including employee statuses, occupational groups, salary ranges, promotions, hiring, termination, and company equity initiatives that need to be incorporated into the report and submitted to the Labou ..read more

The Ontario government’s announcement to move forward with building Highway 413 is welcomed the Ontario Trucking Association, which looks forward to the project, which will provide a major boost to the provincial economy and bring relief to some of the most congested traffic arteries in North America. Stephen Laskowski, president of the Ontario Trucking Association and James Steed, president of Steed Standard Transport and OTA Chair, were on hand for today’s announcement made by Premier Doug Ford and members of cabinet including the Hon. David Piccini, Minister of ..read more

In a memorandum received Friday evening, the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) provided details to industry stakeholders of how it plans to roll out Phase 2 of its DriveON program. The new DriveON program combines the heavy-duty diesel vehicle emissions testing program and MTO’s Motor Vehicle Inspection Station (MVIS) Program into a single digital inspection program. “When fully implemented, DriveON will completely overhaul MTO’s annual safety and diesel emissions inspection programs and bring accountability, transparency and a level playing field to the processes. OTA has been suppor ..read more

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is expressing extreme frustration that the 2024 Budget released last week missed yet another opportunity for Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to unequivocally commit to meaningful enforcement of trucking companies who misclassify workers to avoid paying taxes, as well as their employees who wrongfully file taxes as personal service businesses. CTA is immediately seeking an explanation why the Government of Canada has again backtracked from its 2022 promise to provide a plan for CRA  to increase enforcement of misclassification and “foste ..read more

New Brunswick  – Updated Southern NB  March 4th (00:01) to April 28th (23:59) Northern NB  March 11th (00:01) to May 5th (23:59) https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/departments/dti/trucking/content/spring_weight_restrictions.html Quebec – Updated Zone 1  March 4th (00:01) to April 12th (23:59) Zone 2  March 18th (00:01) to May 10th (23:59) Zone 3  March 18th (00:01) to May 17th (23:59) https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/entreprises-partenaires/ent-camionnage/degel/Pages/Periode-de-degel.aspx https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/entreprises-partenaires/e ..read more

OTA Green Table Talk is an interactive virtual session with members where staff will report on policy and public relations issues and encourage questions and dialogue from members attending the session. The nest session will be on May 8 through MS Teams, free of charge, at 12:00 pm. Click here to register. Issues that will be covered in this Table Talk are: Northern Ontario Highway Safety Update Michigan Bridge Crossings Update Potential CBSA Labour Disruption CARM Update IRP Licence Plates Oversize/Over Dimensional Permit Services The Future of Class A Commercial Driver L ..read more

The Government of Ontario announced today that sections of Ontario’s highways will be increased by 10 km/h – from 100 km/h to 110 km/h – effective this July. This follows up on a pilot project the province launched on other stretches of Ontario highways in 2019. These increased speed limits do not apply to heavy commercial vehicles with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating over 11,794 kg operating on these highways. Heavy commercial vehicles are mandated to have installed speed limiters set at 105 km/h. OTA and MTO are committed to maintaini ..read more