A year into the Commons Driver Inc. study, CTA wants the report out and CRA audit numbers made public
The alliance is asking CRA for counts of carriers and drivers audited under its T4A and personal services business work, and for the value of assessments and penalties.
The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) wants Ottawa to show its work on Driver Inc.
In a statement on Oct. 29, the alliance called on the House of Commons transport committee (TRAN) to release the final report from its study of the practice. The committee began that study in September 2025, hearing from industry, officials and others on worker misclassification, unpaid taxes and the safety concerns that come with them.
"The time has come for its findings and recommendations to be made public," said Jonathan Blackham, CTA's director of policy and public affairs.
What has changed since the hearings
CTA credits governments with real movement in 2026:
- The federal government lifted the long-standing moratorium on T4A reporting penalties in trucking.
- It brought in a targeted approach to personal services business (PSB) non-compliance.
- The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) expanded information sharing.
- In June, that CRA-ESDC cooperation was credited with $18.8 million in tax reassessments.
CTA called the $18.8 million encouraging but said much more enforcement is needed.
The numbers CTA wants
The alliance says it keeps hearing about CRA verification work second-hand, through community news, community leaders and its own board members. It wants official figures instead, and is seeking a meeting with CRA to get them:
- how many carriers and drivers have been audited under the T4A and PSB initiatives;
- the value of tax assessments and penalties that resulted;
- how many audits are pending, and in which regions;
- updated results from the CRA-ESDC information sharing.
CTA's argument is that without visible enforcement, non-compliant operators may decide the consequences are small.
The provincial piece
In April 2026, federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers agreed to set up a national working group on misclassification in trucking, with progress to be reported in the fall. CTA wants to know what that group is recommending and when.
"As the industry looks toward 2027, three important deliverables remain central," said CTA president Stephen Laskowski: the TRAN report, fuller public reporting on CRA enforcement, and the labour ministers' action plan.
Why it matters to fleets
Carriers paying payroll taxes, CPP and EI on employee drivers compete on price with fleets that don't. Public audit numbers would tell compliant carriers whether that gap is closing, and tell the rest that someone is counting.