Highway 101 “looks like someone drove along throwing hand grenades out the window” While virtually none of the highway infrastructure projects listed in Ontario’s 2024 Budget are new, even the re-announces are good news, says Travis McDougall of Truckers for
Read More Budget funds earmarked for boosting “Transparency and Accountability” in schools “We can hope,” about the $15 million announced in Ontario’s March 26 Ontario Budget says Philip Fletcher, president of the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO). “If this money
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by Donna Laframboise I’ve recently mentioned that public health officials in New Brunswick refuse to explain their pandemic decisions. People who turned our lives inside out for two years now don’t feel any obligation to defend their reasoning. But our problem is
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$32 billion has been collected in carbon tax revenue since 2019, reports the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). “Though the government promised to rebate 9 per cent of that amount to small businesses, only 0.17 per cent has been
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Increased inspections, improved training needed for Trucking safety, Sarkaria says Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria was in Shuniah on March 15th to marking the opening of a new commercial vehicle inspection station on Highway 11/17, generally referred to as the
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“Biggest lesson? It’s easy to cheat the system” The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) sent reporters with hidden cameras undercover to expose driving schools selling fraudulent certificates for cash. The result was angry instructors, with at least one sending threatening texts
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A Google search of “Quebec Farmers” turns up no coverage of the protest which took place in Rimouski, Quebec over the weekend. The taxpayer-funded CBC is running a piece on the stress associated with farming but does not mention the
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Adult Education component special area of focus The Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) is working with the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA) on a unique version of CVTA’s Instructor Certification Program. “Over or the past few years, we
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Caleb Krahn to provide update at TTSAO conference today The “Heavy G” training presentation on February 29th serves as possibly the best example of “taking a quantum leap into the future,” says Philip Fletcher of TTSAO. “We want to encourage
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