e-513 (Trucking and truckers)
- Keywords
- Harmonization of standards
- Income and wages
- Skilled workers and skilled trades
- Trucking and truckers
- Working hours, terms and conditions
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Minister of Transport
- there are many problems associated with training, credentials recognition, safety and licences for newcomers;
- working conditions are unsuitable: base salary, overtime only after 60 hours, statutory holiday calculations, unhealthy lifestyle, lack of job security and health issues;
- the provincial ministers have refused quasi-systematically to recognize military licences versus civilian licences;
- selection programs and training programs vary from one province to another, preventing wider access (scholarships, grants);
- there is an increasing shortage of drivers since professionals have left to seek better living conditions, even if it means a pay cut;
- the trucking industry is largely under federal jurisdiction, and enforcing provincial road safety legislation and legally recognizing that this occupation is a profession would help reverse this shortage;
- we provide a service that is essential to the Canadian economy;
- there is a chance the American administration will overstep its bounds and tax cross-border truckers;
- Open for signature
- September 1, 2016, at 2:21 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- December 30, 2016, at 2:21 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Ruth Ellen Brosseau
(Berthier—Maskinongé)
April 7, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01258) - Government response tabled
- May 29, 2017
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 118 |
British Columbia | 36 |
Manitoba | 47 |
New Brunswick | 214 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 28 |
Northwest Territories | 1 |
Nova Scotia | 129 |
Ontario | 412 |
Prince Edward Island | 44 |
Quebec | 4768 |
Saskatchewan | 40 |
Yukon | 1 |