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 Competitive mileage rates
 Paid picks/drops, tarping & layovers
 Well maintained late model equipment
 Benefit package
 Home most weekends
 Weekly direct deposit
 Excellent percentage pkg  Plus 100% Fuel Surcharge  No hold back
 Biweekly direct deposit
 Paid fleet insurance
 Home most weekends  Open door policy
 Benefit package
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Fuel Cap at $0.70/litre
All Picks & Drops paid at $25.00 Benefit Plan
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52 INSIGHTS
Industry Issues
DAVID BRADLEY
he federal Liberal election platform, A New Plan for a Strong Middle Class, sets out where the Trudeau government wants to go over the next four years.
Like any successful lobby group, CTA will try – to the extent possible and where it makes sense to do so – to frame its “asks” within the context of a government’s agenda. Here are some thoughts on what I mean.
Youth job creation is a key plank in the Trudeau government’s platform includ- ing a commitment of up to $10 million per year to help young Canadians gain the skills they need to enter high-de- mand trades. Unfortunately, under the National Occupational Classification, the truck driving occupation is deemed to be “unskilled,” which raises doubts that stu- dent truck drivers would qualify for such support. Currently, there is little to help young, underemployed Canadians and
others seeking a career change to defray the costs of training to become a truck driver. The next opportunity to change the NOC does not occur until 2020. This situation needs to be addressed.
The government will run deficits (how large and for how long is becoming less clear than the plan proposed) to fund a major infrastructure investment pro- gram. The aim is to stimulate econom-
ic growth. Much of the focus is on cities, where congestion is a serious problem, and getting people out of their cars and onto transit. But the problem is more complex than that. Just because they build it doesn’t mean people will come. And, what about urban goods move- ment? It essentially occurs on roads, which continue to be short-changed. Our cities have been designed, developed and grown – their buildings constructed – with nary a thought to how trucks are supposed to make their pick-ups and de- liveries. That needs to change.
Most economists agree the proposed infrastructure program could provide a much-needed economic injection, which could also have some long-term benefits. However, it does not replace the need for a long-term, sustainable program of stra- tegic infrastructure spending, particu- larly as it pertains to highways and bridg- es. The recent problems at the Nipigon River Bridge in Ontario underscore the need for continued support for roads and bridges and for a greater federal role with regards to the Trans-Canada Highway, particularly in remote regions.
Over the years, many groups, includ- ing CTA, have identified revenues from federal fuel taxes as the appropriate funding source for a permanent trans- portation investment program. The fed- eral excise tax on diesel fuel currently
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