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Left: Greg Palmer  |  Right: Ward Tregoning In 1986, Paul McNamara and Lorna Taylor began the company as a freight forwarder. In 1989 the company purchased three trucks to augment the brokerage. A few years later, Greg Palmer joined the company working in operations and then sales before moving to Vancouver to open the western Canada…

Driver Inc Considered Personal Service Business and requires filing of T4As (Toronto, Oct. 22, 2018) — The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) have clarified how they will treat the practice of so-called Driver Inc. by removing any grey area as it relates to the tax and labour status of…

The Fall Newsletter is ready. Come take a look! We encourage you to get involved! Trucker Buddy matches classes of students with professional truck drivers. Every week drivers share news about their travels with their class. Once a month, students write letters to their drivers. Students’ skills in reading, writing, geography, mathematics, social studies, and…

Bridging the Barriers Educational & Networking Conference – October 27th Coming soon and organized by the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada (WTFC) is an educational conference with a twist! This event will take a unique approach to bridging industry information between drivers and carriers. With a diverse group of keynote speakers and front-line panelists, this…

Before satellite radio became a reality in 1990, professional drivers and anyone who traversed the country had to either listen to their cassettes (or eight tracks!) or they would be forced to change channels as they moved across the nation. Satellite radio allowed the listener to maintain one channel for hours without losing a signal.…

I’m very pleased to announce that I have been offered and have accepted the new role of Retention Coach at the Truckload Carriers Association. I look forward with enthusiasm to the challenges that are ahead of me. We have built a strong training program that includes video and manual learning designed to assist those trucking…

OTA Applauds the WSIB’s Rate Reductions for Trucking (Sept. 26, 2018) – Ontario’s trucking industry received some good news today in the form of the WSIB’s announcement to significantly reduce trucking’s rate (RG570) by 30 percent – from $6.97 to $4.88. Today’s announcement, made at WSIB’s annual general meeting, marks the return of $1.45 billion back to the…

One of the most difficult concepts I have tried to grasp over the past number of years and the one I cherish the most is the one that goes “I am in this position because I chose to be here. I take 100% responsibility for me.” I am not trying to get to heavy on…