{"id":170862,"date":"2018-07-13T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170862"},"modified":"2018-07-13T06:48:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T10:48:36","slug":"prairie-provinces-b-c-to-meet-next-week-on-standardized-trucking-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/13\/prairie-provinces-b-c-to-meet-next-week-on-standardized-trucking-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie provinces, B.C. to meet next week on standardized trucking regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said discussions were underway before the crash, through Saskatchewan Government Insurance, and he hopes any changes that are agreed upon will be brought in soon. (Photo<\/a>: Scott Moe\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

REGINA — Government officials from Canada’s four western provinces plan to hold a teleconference next week to discuss standardized trucking regulations.<\/p>\n

Trucking safety has been in the spotlight since April 6 when 16 people with the Humboldt Broncos died and 13 others were injured after a transport truck and the junior hockey team’s bus collided.<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said discussions were underway before the crash, through Saskatchewan Government Insurance, and he hopes any changes that are agreed upon will be brought in soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cSGI has been in discussion with our Saskatchewan trucking industry as well as the Canadian industry as a whole on standardizing and mandatory testing here in this province,\u201d Moe said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Joe Hargrave, minister responsible for SGI, said 50 per cent of all truck accidents in Saskatchewan between 2014 and 2016 involved drivers from out of province.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe think that it’s really important that we have a consistent approach to it in Western Canada, because our trucks don’t stay in Saskatchewan and Alberta trucks don’t stay in Alberta,\u201d he said. \u201cThey come through our province.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ontario is the only province that has mandatory truck driver training consisting of 103.5 hours.<\/p>\n

Alberta announced earlier this week that it’s making driver training for new commercial truckers mandatory as early as next January.<\/p>\n

Hargrave said the western provinces are aiming to have an announcement by early fall.<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan NDP critic Carla Beck said she thinks it’s reasonable to mandate training for tractor-trailer drivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking at best practice and meeting with industry to ensure that there is a basic level or training that people in the province can ensure that all drivers have achieved,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Transport Canada said Wednesday that it’s making seatbelts mandatory on new medium and large highway buses starting Sept. 1, 2020.<\/p>\n

Moe said he supports the move and believes that some parents from the Broncos are likely to feel the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe welcome that. I’ve talked to a number of parents from the Humboldt bus crash and I think they would be supportive of that as well in many cases\u201d<\/p>\n

The Broncos bus crash occurred where Highway 35 meets a secondary road at a spot known as Armley Corner. The tractor trailer involved was owned by a Calgary company.<\/p>\n

The province has hired a private engineering firm to examine the corner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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