Transport committee  We meet regularly with the Port of Halifax, for example, which is in a growth mode right now. They have some serious issues with products moving out of that Halterm terminal. Probably 25% moves by truck, and it moves downtown probably for a dozen kilometres to the highway, so it'

Transport committee  No. It's in Quebec. It connects New Brunswick and Quebec. It's the only part of the highway that's not four lanes from Halifax to Toronto. That small stretch stops us from moving long combination vehicles which are the 53-foot double trailers you see on the roads. Whenever you m

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  We've initiated a lot of those discussions with Quebec and Ontario with regard to Highway 185. For the port of Halifax, well, obviously Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have a huge interest in that as well, because a majority of the carriers handling the products out of Halifax are

Transport committee  I had a chance to review it briefly. A truck crosses the border every three seconds, on average, so the agreement is very important to our industry and our community. For the first time in a long time, we saw some companies in Atlantic Canada stocking up on products from the U.S.

Transport committee  The Canadian Trucking Alliance was consulted.

Transport committee  There are none that I'm aware of.

Transport committee  You'll cut me off. Thanks for having me here today. I do have a few points that I'd like to highlight before we get started with the question period. Briefly, the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association is, obviously, the voice of commercial trucking in Atlantic Canada, as wel

Transport committee  No, there's nothing that applies. Some carriers are desperate for the business. They'll just sign them and hope for the best. That's why we need to do something about having those indemnification clauses in those contracts. They shouldn't be allowed. The shippers shouldn't be all

Transport committee  Some of them have said no.

Transport committee  That's right. Some of them can afford to say no and others, as I said, just can't.

Transport committee  Our association continues to educate its members and the general public on the dangers of blind spots. What needs to be understood is that, if someone cannot see themselves in a vehicle mirror, the vehicle's driver will not be able to see them, either. Over the years, we have co

Transport committee  I don't know whether this is included in the training.

Transport committee  I cannot say. I have had my licence for too long.

Transport committee  No. I think they are starting to recognize it. They work very closely with their customers, and they are trying to help them improve their record so that the rates will go down, but at the end of the day it's different with every carrier and who their insurance supplier is. But,