Harper’s Vision for Canada has major implications for transportation companies by Dan Goodwill Over the past two months Stephen Harper has presented a clear and compelling vision of where he wishes to take Canada during his tenure as Prime Minister. First there was…
History not on your side by Lou Smyrlis Recent comments from Anne Ferro, head of the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), that she will continue to push for a reduction in daily driving time should come…
A couple of the best! by Ray Haight The industry received a couple of serious blow this past couple months with the passing of two great folks and I thought I would share my brief experience with each…
Life after MacKinnon by Harry Rudolfs I think it’s a darn shame that MacKinnon is going through financial straits and has let go the van division. The flag hasn’t fallen since it’s regrouping and concentrating on…
Is it science or politics that’s driving hours of work legislation? by Lou Smyrlis How many hours should a truck driver be allowed to be behind the wheel? It’s a question critical to our industry yet one we have been unable to answer satisfactorily…
Mind, Heart or Feet: Which do you value most as a leader? by David Benjatschek Happy New Year to each one of you! I always get excited in the early months of each new year for the opportunity it represents. An opportunity to fail more, learn more, win more, grow more, do more. For example in two weeks I'll be facilitating my first workshop in the beautiful language of French in a remote northern community of Quebec.
Appeal Granted: Sandhu back to court in September on cocaine trafficking charges by Harry Rudolfs Lest we forget, Avtar Singh Sandhu was charged with possessing 205 kgs of cocaine after the tractor trailer he was driving was stopped near Milton,Ont.,way back in Feb 4, 2007.
Money talks; and the silence is deafening by Lou Smyrlis At the start of December a new study of 34 countries showed that income inequality is at a record high among industrialized nations and that the gap between Canada’s rich…
Decisions Decisions by Ray Haight Welcome to 2012. I know this sounds very cliché but 2011 flew by in a flash, and it seemed to me to do it with little or no notoriety. Why?…
State of the Union- they’re not heavy, they’re my brothers by Harry Rudolfs Canadians are no doubt sick of elections; we’ve had five provincial ones lately. But trucking enthusiasts will have noted Jim Hoffa’s re-coronation on Nov. 18 as general president of the…
Time to google yourself by Mike McCarron Much to the chagrin of the rest of the McCarron tribe, my foray into social media began about a year ago when I started dabbling in the world of Facebook…
With the unemployment rate so high, why is there a shortage of truck drivers? by Dan Goodwill Last week we received some unexpected good news in the United States as the unemployment rate fell to 8.6%. In Canada the news wasn’t as good as the unemployment rate…
Protect your ASSets by Ray Haight Over the past number of years I have offered advice on how Owner Operators can make themselves more profitable and hopefully some of you have listened and derived benefit from…
We need creativity to deal with the driver shortage, not repetition of past practices by Lou Smyrlis The driver shortage, and what to do about it, is once again rising to the forefront of fleet executive concerns. The American Transportation Research Institute’s latest release of its Critical…
Should Canadian carriers be allowed to recruit drivers from overseas? by James Menzies The following is a spin-off from my column in the December issues of Truck News and Truck West, which will be hitting your desks and cabs next week. I thought…
