Regulations
Ontario plans tougher rules for career colleges, the category truck schools must join to teach Class A training
The province says legislation coming Nov. 16 would cap OSAP-funded enrolment growth, require a physical campus and add fines under the Ontario Career Colleges Act.
CTA says LCVs should be able to run Windsor to Halifax by mid-November as last A-85 gap closes
The final 1.6 km of the Autoroute 85 extension in Quebec is the last missing piece of a four-lane divided route for turnpike doubles between Ontario and Nova Scotia.
OTA asks Ottawa and Queen's Park for a joint enforcement pilot at the Thunder Bay inspection station
The Ontario Trucking Association wants a permanent federal-provincial enforcement base at the Shuniah station on Highway 11/17, which it says sees more than 1,300 heavy trucks a day.
OTA relaunches Stop Illegal Trucking campaign, asks Queen's Park for 24/7 inspection stations by 2029
The Ontario Trucking Association says only three of the province's 34 truck inspection stations run around the clock and about 80 percent of carriers have never had a basic provincial safety review.
Joint Driver Inc. checks reach 14 Ontario inspection stations this year
The OTA says provincial and federal agencies have logged more than 2,200 inspections and checks at Ontario inspection stations this year, with more planned before year-end.
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.
Ottawa proposes changes to the Clean Fuel Regulations, with a 75-day comment window
Environment and Climate Change Canada says the amendments will appear in the Canada Gazette on Oct. 30. The rules set the carbon-intensity limits on the gasoline and diesel fleets buy.
CTA backs Bill C-39 at committee, presses Ottawa for tougher Driver Inc. enforcement
The Alliance supports the Building Canada Strong Act but says success will be judged by shorter border delays, better corridors and fairer competition.
Transport Canada renews driveaway-towaway ELD exemption for three years
Eligible carriers delivering RVs and commercial vehicles for sale or lease can keep using paper logs, but must file a new notice before operating under the renewal.
Transportation ministers signed a 14-measure memorandum to align trucking rules
In June 2026, federal, provincial and territorial ministers formalized the interprovincial trucking agreement, including plans for a national regulations hub.
Ottawa toughened Labour Code penalties for misclassifying workers
In February 2026, the Labour Program opened the door to daily penalties for repeat offenders and to naming employers that obstruct investigations.
CRA ended its 14-year pause on T4A reporting penalties for trucking
In December 2025, the move took aim at Driver Inc. and followed Budget 2025 funding for CRA enforcement in the sector.
Internal trade ministers backed a memorandum to align trucking rules across provinces
In November 2025, the agreement in Yellowknife covered steering axle weights, oversize signage and entry-level training.
Ottawa and 10 provinces and territories launched a trucking mutual recognition pilot
In September 2024, participating jurisdictions agreed to recognize each other's trucking rules, such as oversize signage.
Transport ministers asked the CCMTA to close safety certificate gaps between provinces
In February 2024, federal, provincial and territorial ministers targeted carriers that keep operating in one jurisdiction after being stopped in another.
Transport Canada introduced registration for dangerous goods handlers
In November 2023, new rules required anyone importing, offering, handling or transporting dangerous goods to register in a federal database.
Ottawa waived hours-of-service limits for truckers supporting wildfire response
In August 2023, Transport Canada extended an exemption first issued for Alberta and the N.W.T. to drivers working on fires in B.C. and Yukon.
Quebec delayed ELD enforcement to June 2023
In December 2022, days before the national Jan. 1 date, Quebec said it would not enforce the federal ELD mandate until June 1, 2023.
Full ELD enforcement was pushed back to January 2023
In March 2022, provincial regulators delayed penalties under the federal ELD rule by another six months, splitting the CTA and the PMTC.
Canada's ELD mandate took effect, with a year of penalty-free enforcement
In June 2021, the federal electronic logging device rule came into force before any device had been certified, so provinces focused on education instead of fines.
Ontario held firm on SPIF deadline despite dump truck protest
In December 2020, the province rejected exemptions for triaxle dump trucks as the 10-year grandfathering period for its weights and dimensions rules ran out.
FPInnovations became Canada's first accredited ELD certification body
In October 2020, Transport Canada named the first third-party certifier for electronic logging devices, opening the way for device testing ahead of the June 2021 mandate.