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Canada could be on the road to cleaner air and lower greenhouse gas emissions as a result of a major environmental initiative from the trucking industry. CTA’s enviroTruck program will ensure that the trucking industry is as clean and green as possible by tackling both air quality and climate change challenges through the cooperative effort of motor carriers, industry manufacturers, and government. Read more

CTA News

Grant Money Assists Trucking Industry in Meeting Environmental Goals
The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $115 million in grants to truck and engine manufactures to fund cutting-edge research that will help the trucking industry reduce its carbon footprint in the near term.- 02/03/2010

CTA Partners with Government to Advance Research on Renewable Diesel
A new study by the Canadian Government done in partnership wuith the CTA and other industry stakeholders provides new guidelines that can help assure biodiesel product quality and reliability.- 01/29/2010

CTA Urges Finance Minister to Include EnviroTruck Incentives in 2010 Budget
In a letter to Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, CTA urged the federal government to incorporate policies that would assist carriers in becoming early adopters of the latest green truck technologies.- 01/27/2010

Survey Finds Shippers Dissatisfied with Rail Freight Service
A survey conducted by NRG Research Group has found that the majority of shippers are dissatisfied with the rail freight service they receive from Canada's Class 1 railways, CN and CP.- 01/26/2010

FAST Cards as Proof of Citizenship into Canada
CTA applauds Canada's decision to recognize FAST cards as citizenship documents.- 11/27/2009

The Canadian Trucking Alliance is a federation of provincial trucking associations. We represent a broad cross-section of the trucking industry—some 4,500 carriers, owner-operators and industry suppliers. With our head office in Ottawa and provincial association offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Moncton, CTA represents the industry’s viewpoint on national and international policy, regulatory and legislative issues that affect trucking.