Posts Tagged ‘October 2020’

All Systems Go for ELD Mandate: Teamsters Canada & Canadian Trucking Alliance (TORONTO, October 26, 2020) – Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced today that the first body responsible for the third-party certification of electronic logging devices (ELD) under Transport Canada’s mandate has been accredited and ready to begin testing ELDs to ensure their compliance with the…

It was a grand night of virtual awards celebration  October 16, 2020       #ICYMI         Awards and Achievements of Excellence   Trucking HR Canada held it’s Annual Top Fleets Awards Gala this week, recognizing all 69 fleets that made it in the program for 2020. Click HERE for the highlights. Click HERE to see our…

In the spring of 2007 my book “Taxes, Taxes, Taxes” was published. It described the two very different tax reporting systems available to Canadian Independent Operators (Non-taxable benefits and TL2 simplified method). It explained why Operators should incorporate (use non-taxable benefits) and ABANDON the TL2 system. Incorporation is the first of several steps needed. CRA…

I never thought I could be friends with a piece of technology that is exceptionally nosey. I’m a pretty private person and the thought of sharing my physical data makes me uncomfortable. Sharing my sleeping patterns, my eating habits and how often my heart rate is elevated isn’t my idea of privacy. However, we recently…

The Over The Road October issue now online! Please Click on the thumbnail to view! For quick access to our October 2020 list of recruiters, please go here.

One of the things I love about this industry is that if you keep your eyes open, you can learn something new every day. I was flattered to be invited to sit in on a large company’s weekly retention meetings. I have worked with this company for a couple of years and I am delighted…

COVID certainly has caused changes in both trucking and the whole world. I was thinking about the changes that are happening in trucking and transportation and I’ve been wondering how these changes affect Drivers and Owner Operators. I believe that autonomous vehicles will be one of the many changes coming at all of us! It…