Posts Tagged ‘OTA’

Available soon for OTA Members to train from within their organization (May 3, 2017) — The “Essential Driving Skills; Tractor-Trailer Driver” curriculum package is now complete and approved by the Ministry of Transportation (MTO). The materials are now in production and will be available shortly as an off-the-shelf program to OTA member fleets wishing to…

Federal Budget Keeps Freight Transportation in Mind (March 23, 2017) — Budget 2017 provided some much-needed attention to freight transportation planning in Canada, including a new National Trade Corridors Fund to help address capacity constraints and freight bottlenecks at major ports of entry as well as improve connections between rail and highway infrastructure. The budget…

Ontario Trucking Association Media Contact: Marco Beghetto, VP Communications & New Media (416) 249-7401 x 238 Marco.Beghetto@Ontruck.org (Toronto, June 28, 2016) – The Ontario Trucking Association is hailing this morning’s announcement from provincial transportation minister Stephen Del Duca that all new drivers wishing to take the tractor-trailer (Class A) road test in Ontario will first…

MTO Releases Draft Training Standard for Class A Mandatory Entry-Level Training