Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. I hope you don't mind, but I want to begin by ensuring there is clarity on the fact that the electronic logging devices did not change anything with respect to the required hours of service and how they should be recorded. They simply make sure driver

Agriculture committee  The definition of adverse driving conditions in the regulations means snow, sleet, fog or other adverse weather or road conditions that were not known to a driver or a motor carrier dispatching a driver immediately before the driver began driving or could not reasonably be known

Agriculture committee  It's other adverse weather or road conditions. That is the definition within the act.

Agriculture committee  All enforcement officers should have access to the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators' application guide for enforcement. I can provide the committee with a copy of that guide. Section 76 talks about “emergencies and adverse driving conditions”, so there is guidan

Agriculture committee  Our regulations are agnostic to the load that is being carried. That is why, as I mentioned, there is a possibility, through section 16 of the act, for us to be able to work with industries that have unique needs rather than building that into the regulations themselves.

Agriculture committee  Some of the information that we have requested would be understanding the typical routes, what the typical route planning looks like, the time required and where feeding locations are. That's some of the kind of information that we have requested from industry. With respect to t

Agriculture committee  I don't have the information. It would be held by provincial and territorial enforcement agencies. That would typically either be a transportation ministry enforcement group or potentially, in some situations, it might be law enforcement like police or the RCMP who may have inter

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the question. I don't think it's within the mandate of Transport Canada to take a position on the industry decisions. Our focus is very much on protecting road safety and ensuring, particularly in the context of fatigue, that drivers are driving safely on our roads

Agriculture committee  Yes. I would clarify that it was one accident that was investigated by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. We don't have statistics on all potential accidents that may be associated. The investigation found that the driver had less than a six-hour opportunity for slee

Agriculture committee  Our primary concern from Transport Canada is ensuring the safety of our roads. One of the key ways we do that is to mitigate the risk of accidents related to fatigue. That is the entire purpose of the hours of service regulations. A very large exemption of this nature would allow

Agriculture committee  It's not consistent with the science and evidence of what is required to maintain safety from a fatigue perspective.

Agriculture committee  I'm afraid I do not have any data available to me right now with respect to the U.S. situation.

Agriculture committee  I do not have any data. That's held by the provincial and territorial enforcement authorities. I don't have any data at this point specifically with respect to ELD and animal transport. We do work, again, through the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, to help wo

Agriculture committee  With respect to the conversations and the work we've done with the industry, we continue to look at the existing flexibility and the existing exemption process within the act. We believe there is a significant amount of room to work with the industry within the existing framework

Agriculture committee  Thanks for the question. As I mentioned previously, the questions with respect to the enforcement guidance have been referred to the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, which is responsible. Collectively, Transport Canada is working with our provincial and territ