Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  It's a big concern for us.

Transport committee  Enforcement is a concern. There are 200,000 truck drivers in our country and maybe 50,000 mechanics who work on the trucks. Most of our companies have drug and alcohol policies, because they've been doing it forever if they're crossing the border. But it doesn't really take into

Transport committee  It stays in your system for a month, apparently. That's why.

Transport committee  We are. We are telling them to get some advice, whether it's from a lawyer or experts, on what sorts of policies they should have in place. We're really telling them to be extremely strict and extremely diligent in what they're going to impose as a policy. Many have those polici

Transport committee  Absolutely. We share our office with thousands of pedestrians and cars every day, so yes, we need to be very cognizant of that and make sure we have strict policies in place. Right now, we have to rely on the owners of these companies to put these policies in place.

Transport committee  Absolutely. We need to be more uniform as an industry when it comes to our weights and dimensions rules. On the national safety code, as I said, it's fairly regulated but enforced provincially, so it's a mishmash of regulations that we need to follow. For example, if we hire an i

Transport committee  We partnered with the Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic out of Nova Scotia, which has a program to attract women to the industry. They have different strategies in place to attract women and they've made a lot of progress, I'll be honest. They hold a conference ever

Transport committee  I don't have that number.

Transport committee  It would probably be low.

Transport committee  Some of our barriers are obviously.... You need to get tested for drugs and alcohol and a criminal record. Most of them will go to the U.S., and they won't be able to cross the border. Most companies, 99%, will go to the U.S. because the bulk of their business is there. That's nu

Transport committee  I attended a conference not too long ago and they were all talking about mining and the oil sands and all of that. I got up and said that our industry is looking for drivers. I've created tons of contacts with indigenous communities that have called me directly to put people thro

Transport committee  Currently we're heavily regulated from a safety standpoint, but again, it all comes down to enforcement. The number one thing I would say is to start with mandating training. I've met with all four of my governments for the past three years to try to get that done. We're still sc

Transport committee  Yes. In Europe, they build roundabouts so that a dimensional load can drive right through them. We'd like to see that in future designs, because right now we don't. The dimensional load is a concern whenever there is a roundabout. Some of them aren't large enough to handle those

Transport committee  Absolutely, he's right. We're at the mercy of the manufacturers, and we're still trying to do our part by installing more technology on the trucks to reduce our fuel consumption. At the end of the day, is it a cash grab or is it really to change behaviour? We need to step back an