The National Citizen's Inquiry will begin a new set of hearings on May 30 in Regina. Image: National Citizens' Inquiry
The National Citizens’ Inquiry is holding its final hearing in Ottawa May 17-19th.
Read MoreVery few Trucking fleets are applying for Canada’s “Green Freight Program,” Blacklocks reported on May 16th. Only five per cent of respondents to a government survey had participated in government funding programs, while only 18 per cent of trucking executives surveyed ha even heard of the program.
Read MoreNew payment options for passenger and commercial accounts will use transponders, prepaid amount accounts, cash, credit and debit cards and the use of a mobile app The majority of users of the Gordie Howe bridge are expected to be commercial
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U.S. States That Have Adopted California's Vehicle Standards under Section 177 of the Federal Clean Air Act. Source: California Air Resources Board, "States that have Adopted California's Vehicle Standards under Section 177 of the Federal Clean Air Act" May 13, 2022. Delaware and Pennsylvania were not included as adopters of ZEV policies. Image: Lexology
Berkeley Research Group, LLC “When zero emission vehicles replace vehicles with internal combustion engines, the demand for gasoline and, hence, federal and state fuel tax revenues –goes away. Thus, the adoption of ZEV policies likely will have a profound impact
Read MoreTom Marazzo, former member of the Canadian Armed Forces and key supporter of the Freedom Convoy in 2022, is launching his own podcast today. His first guest is Kristen Nagle of Canada’s Frontline Nurses.
“In January 2022, Canadians put our livelihoods on the line and trucked across our country in the bitter cold, to uphold the Rights and Freedoms of ALL Canadians, because of unreasonable mandates being imposed by our Federal and Provincial governments. Mandates that violate: The Constitution of Canada, Our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, The Privacy Act, The Nuremberg Code, and multiple others,” Marazzo writes.
Read MoreThe new Gordie Howe Bridge between Windsor and Detroit is expected to open at the end of 2024, and is using a “dual design” apect.
“’Dual design’” means that it’s meeting the design specifications of both Canada and the US. If there’s ever a conflict between the design specifications, we go with the higher of the two specifications,” Heather Grondin told a packed room at the Hamilton Waterfront Centre on May 4th.
Grondin is the vice president of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority and was invited to address the the Hamilton Transportation Club (HTC), which has resumed meeting after a two year COVID hiatus.
Read MoreLast year, several witnesses testified under oath that Coutts and Ottawa were separate and distinct protests. There was no coordination, no grand plan. The leaders were different, and they weren’t in contact with each other. The freedom movement was organic. Lots of people, across the country, were concerned about the erosion of our freedoms. Some traveled to the nation’s capital. Other protested closer to home.
Read MoreCharges have been dropped against 14 Freedom Convoy truckers who participated in the Coutts, Alberta protest last year.
In February 2022, protesters blocked the Canada-US border in Coutts to protest Covid-19 restrictions like vaccine mandates. The demonstration lasted around two weeks until the RCMP discovered weapons after executing a search warrant.
Fourteen truckers were charged with parking violations, but all were exonerated after The Democracy Fund’s (TDF) lawyer pointed out that the law in question did not apply to vehicles parked in an urban area.
Read MoreCan’t find anybody to work. Or no one wants to work anymore. It’s a common thread. Not just where I live, but seemingly every place I travel.
I cover Alberta and the Northwest US states, and this discussion has crossed my table a lot. Employers can’t find anyone to work.
I’m sure there are a variant of factors involved. The wage that’s being offered, the hours as well as the expectations. Tie that into the cost of living and you might just have a perfect storm brewing.
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