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Bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent passes US Senate; Ontario, BC prepared to make the change

Bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent passes US Senate; Ontario, BC prepared to make the change

On March 15th, the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act which will make Daylight Savings time permanent across the country starting in 2023.

If the bill becomes law, that could set off a chain reaction north of the border, as two Canadian provinces have already passed legislation to adopt permanent daylight time if neighbouring U.S. states do the same.

B.C. passed a bill to make daylight time permanent in 2019 but the move to permanent daylight time is contingent on nearby states doing the same thing. Ontario passed legislation to do the same — only if New York state and Quebec agree.

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ELD “awareness period” extended to January 1, 2023: memo

On March 7, 2022, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators advised that all Canadian jurisdictions will continue to support an education and awareness period for the federal ELD mandate that was set to expire on June 12, 2022, through to January 1, 2023. These measures have been recommended to allow sufficient time for industry to purchase and conduct necessary training to comply with the federal mandate. 

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Commercial Vehicle Driver Safety Improvement Proposal

We are a group of professional, working Truck drivers.

We are alarmed at the number of severe, avoidable collisions involving commercial vehicles we see on an almost-daily basis. While these incidents have becoming increasingly worse in Northern Ontario, it has become a problem throughout the entire country.

Our hope is to see commercial drivers become the safest drivers on the highways, as this should be the case already.

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