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How an immigration scheme steers newcomers into Canadian trucking jobs – and puts lives at risk

Immigration consultants and trucking firms with sketchy safety records have found ways to exploit foreign job seekers, sometimes with tragic results when unprepared drivers are sent out on the road, a Globe investigation finds. - Kathy Tomlinson, The Global and Mail, Vancouver

October 6, 2019 | View Article

Parliamentary committee wants Transportation Safety Board to oversee highway safety

A parliamentary committee has added its voice to those calling for the Transportation Safety Board to oversee highway safety across the country. - Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen

June 12, 2019 | View Article

Report 31: Bus Passenger Safety (Canada House of Commons)

Bus passenger safety has been top-of-mind for many Canadians in the past few years as recent tragic events have raised concerns regarding the safety features and crashworthiness of buses in Canada. To examine this ongoing issue, the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities undertook, in April 2019, a study of bus passenger safety. Although there is room for improvement, testimony from stakeholders demonstrated that buses, particularly school buses, are among the safest modes of…

June 11, 2019 | View Article

Rapport 31: La sécurité des passagers d’autobus (PARLEMENT DU CANADA)

La sécurité des passagers d’autobus préoccupe au plus haut point de nombreux Canadiens depuis quelques années, car de récents événements tragiques ont soulevé des préoccupations à l’égard des dispositifs de sécurité et de la résistance à l’impact des autobus au Canada. Pour examiner cet enjeu actuel, le Comité permanent des transports, de l’infrastructure et des collectivités a entrepris, en avril 2019, une étude sur la sécurité des passagers d’autobus. Même s’il est possible de faire mieux dans ce domaine,…

May 29, 2019 | View Article

Une veuve réclame une meilleure formation des camionneurs

Une femme de Colombie-Britannique dont le mari est mort au volant de son poids lourd lors d'un accident de la route réclame que des changements soient apportés à l'industrie du camionnage. Pattie Fair-Babij lance son cri de coeur après la tragédie des Broncos de Humboldt en Saskatchewan qui a vu l’autocar de l’équipe de hockey violemment percuté par un camion le 6 avril dernier.

April 30, 2019 | View Article

Petition for more road safety, commercial trucking rules after Humboldt bus tragedy

This week marks one year since 16 people were killed and 13 others injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Chris Joseph and Pattie Fair are leading a petition, with the support of victim's families, to improve road safety and strengthen commercial trucking rules.

April 3, 2019 | View Article

Comment la tragédie des Broncos a-t-elle bouleversé l'industrie du camionnage?

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, le responsable de la collision entre son semi-remorque et l'autocar de l'équipe des Broncos de Humboldt, a reçu un total de deux semaines de formation pour apprendre à conduire un véhicule lourd avant de s'aventurer seul sur la route. Une fois rendue publique, cette information a mené à beaucoup de questions au sujet de la formation et de la réglementation de l'industrie du camionnage en Saskatchewan, comme ailleurs au pays. - Emmanuelle Poisson, CBC

March 31, 2019 | View Article

Des réactions favorables à la formation obligatoire des camionneurs au Canada

De nombreuses voix se sont élevées pour saluer la volonté du gouvernement fédéral de rendre obligatoire la formation des chauffeurs de semi-remorques à travers le Canada. - Radio-Canada

January 22, 2019 | View Article

The Humboldt Parents: Ottawa, please ask the Transportation Safety Board to probe the bus crash

In April 2018, 16 people died when a bus carrying members of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team was hit by a semi-trailer truck in rural Saskatchewan. Parents of several of the players have signed an open letter to Ottawa’s mayor about Friday’s OC Transpo bus crash... - The Humbolt Parents, Ottawa Citizen, Opinion

January 20, 2019 | View Article

'People are afraid to drive on our highways': Ottawa asked to regulate truck-driver training

Widow plans to give 1,200-name petition to Transport Minister Marc Garneau. ​More than 1,200 people are petitioning the federal government to regulate the training of semi-trailer truck drivers after accidents such as the Humboldt Broncos bus disaster that killed 16 people last April. - Jason Warick, CBC

December 12, 2018 | View Article

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