44th Parliament222Presented to the House of CommonsMarch 19, 2024441-02242441-02242 (Employment and labour)GeorgeChahalCalgary SkyviewLiberalABMarch 19, 2024February 27, 2024Petition to the Government of CanadaWhereas:Safety is the primary concern for every transport driver across Canada;These professional drivers navigate Canada's road network 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, serving as the backbone of our economy; andOwner/operators in Canada's Transportation industry find themselves at the mercy of unscrupulous operations across the country. Transport contracts are traded by operations that offer no value to consumers before ultimately being assigned to owner/operators.Therefore: We, the undersigned citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to study, amend, and create legislation that will create safer driving, working, and long-term economic conditions for transport drivers; We call upon the Government of Canada to work with all provinces and territories to facilitate the establishment of a Transport Driver Bill of Rights, which would include:
  • The establishment of transparent contracts for industry members including all transaction details;
  • Owner/operators right to access load freight rates from brokerage or contractors;
  • Establishing minimum rates per kilometer of travel with annual review processes;
  • Mandate layover, downtime, and load cancellation fees to be paid to owner/operators by the shipper or broker according to the expenses;
  • Mandate access to washrooms at any business where goods are delivered or washrooms are available to staff or patrons;
  • Determine the fines or penalties that shippers will incur for failing to firmly secure their cargo in the motor vehicle;
  • Determine the fines or penalties that shippers will incur if cargo is overweight on the axle;
  • Determine the cap on brokerage fee; and
We call upon the Government of Canada to work with provinces and territories to twin the Trans-Canada Highway and mandate rest stations (with washrooms) across the country for the safety and wellbeing of drivers.
Federal-provincial-territorial relationsTrucking and truckersWorking hours, terms and conditions
44th Parliament229Not certifiedNovember 22, 2023e-4533e-4533 (Public safety)XavierSt-GelaisMikeMorriceKitchener CentreGreen PartyONJuly 25, 2023, at 1:57 p.m. (EDT)November 22, 2023, at 1:57 p.m. (EDT)November 22, 2023Petition to the <Addressee type="4" affiliationId="271245" mp-riding-display="1">Minister of Transport</Addressee>Whereas:In 2020, the Canadian Council of Motor Transportation Administrators, comprised of federal and provincial ministers overseeing transportation, issued Standard 16: Commercial Truck Driver Entry Level Training under the National Safety Code;Standard 16 establishes a comprehensive national standard for mandatory entry level training as part of commercial truck driver licensing, with only five provinces having since implementing it within their vehicle licensing frameworks;Standard 16 establishes a minimum of 103.5 hours of instructional training, only 65% of which is practical training spent behind the wheel, far below the minimum of 240 hours called for by industry players and public health road safety experts;Accidents involving commercial truck drivers have been among the deadliest in Canada with investigations frequently implicating the driver’s lack of training; andPreventable commercial truck crashes are on the rise, with Ontario having the highest number of commercial truck accidents ever in 2022 and over one fifth of traffic accident annually across Canada now involving large commercial trucks.We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of Transport to amend the National Safety Code’s Standard 16 to enhance mandatory entry level training requirements for commercial truck drivers to require that:1. a minimum of 240 instructional hours be completed to be licensed;2. a minimum of 80% be practical training behind the wheel of a truck; 3. tire chain installation training be mandatory for all commercial truck drivers in all provinces and territories; and 4. training instructors be certified as having completed the national entry level training requirements themselves before instructing others.Driving permitsEducation and trainingHarmonization of standardsTrucking and truckers44th Parliament220CertifiedNovember 20, 2023e-4529e-4529 (Public safety)TravisMcDougallMikeMorriceKitchener CentreGreen PartyONJuly 18, 2023, at 1:10 p.m. (EDT)November 15, 2023, at 1:10 p.m. (EDT)November 20, 2023Petition to the <Addressee type="4" affiliationId="271245" mp-riding-display="1">Minister of Transport</Addressee>Whereas:In 2020, the Canadian Council of Motor Transportation Administrators, comprised of federal and provincial ministers overseeing transportation, issued Standard 16: Commercial Truck Driver Entry Level Training under the National Safety Code;Provinces and territories are expected to implement these standards within their respective vehicle training, licensing and regulatory frameworks, but only five provinces have yet to do so for Standard 16;In these provinces, training requirements vary widely, and investigations have found unqualified instructors and a lack of oversight and enforcement;A patchwork of driver training requirements across Canada puts all road users at greater risk due to the dangerous size and weight of commercial trucks;Annually, nearly 2,000 Canadians are killed and 10,000 injured in collisions involving commercial trucks, with most victims being occupants of other vehicles; andThe federal government can issue regulations to ensure uniform requirements for road safety and the use of the road by passenger and commercial drivers.We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Minister of Transport to: - Establish a uniform, national mandatory entry level training standard for commercial truck drivers by mandating Standard 16 be implemented by all provinces through federal legislation and/or regulation;- Mandate that each province and territory be obligated to ensure their respective training and licensing frameworks comply with the uniform national standard;- Mandate that each province and territory be obligated to oversee and enforce the uniform national standard for all commercial truck drivers using their roads.Driving permitsEducation and trainingHarmonization of standardsTrucking and truckers