{"id":233308,"date":"2019-10-03T02:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T06:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233308"},"modified":"2025-03-07T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T01:00:02","slug":"humboldt-broncos-families-upset-by-alberta-trucking-regulation-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/03\/humboldt-broncos-families-upset-by-alberta-trucking-regulation-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Humboldt Broncos families upset by Alberta trucking regulation review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Sticks out for Humboldt at Stornoway tonight. A whole country stands with you broncos. (Photo<\/a>: Andrew Scheer\/Flickr<\/a>, Public Domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EDMONTON — Several families affected by the deadly Humboldt Broncos hockey bus crash say they are upset by an Alberta review of trucking regulations.<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba implemented mandatory training for truck and bus drivers after the crash in April 2018.<\/p>\n

Alberta Transportation Minister Ric McIver says the province is taking another look at the rules for school bus drivers and farmers but no decisions have been made.<\/p>\n

Families of the 16 people who died and 13 who were injured took to social media to criticize the review, which they called disgusting and ridiculous.<\/p>\n

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Toby Boulet of Lethbridge, Alta., whose son Logan was killed, said the same rules need to apply to commercial and farm drivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s wrong,\u201d he told The Canadian Press on Wednesday. \u201cParticularly on the large Class 1 operations that work with the agricultural sector. They are driving on the same roads and highways like Mr. Sidhu was driving on at the crash site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, an inexperienced truck driver from Calgary, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after blowing through a stop sign at a rural intersection in Saskatchewan and running directly into the path of the hockey team’s bus. His lack of training was considered a factor in the crash.<\/p>\n

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Boulet said he’s trying to move forward from his son’s death but the Alberta Transportation review has upset him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was solved, but it’s not solved because economics have gotten in the way of lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

McIver said later in the day that he had talked with Boulet.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have tremendous regard and concern for the feelings of the families that were involved in the Humboldt tragedy and wouldn’t want to do anything to make them think we don’t care about safety,\u201d McIver said in Calgary. \u201cIf they had that impression, that’s unfortunate. We’re going to try to straighten that impression out.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fact is no decision has been made … Safety is our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said some people in the agriculture and trucking sectors feel increased training is a hardship. The review will include consultation, he added.<\/p>\n

Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday there may be room to relax the rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a farmer is simply taking their grain truck to the local elevator or perhaps to a regional terminal, and they have a perfect driving record and they’re just driving their own product, I think some consideration might be given there, because they’re not professional truckers in that case. They’re not full-time truckers,\u201d Kenney said. \u201cThis is a complex issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boulet and other Alberta-based families involved in the Broncos crash said there’s nothing complex about it.<\/p>\n

Shelby Hunter, whose brother Logan Hunter from St. Albert, Alta., was killed, called it a terrible idea on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs families, we are after change and I believe one day we will live in a world where driver regulations are much stricter,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBreaks my heart to know how many people’s lives are at risk on these roads!\u201d<\/p>\n

The Straschnitzki family in Airdrie, Alta., has also criticized the potential move in interviews and on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cTypical govt,\u201d wrote Tom Straschnitzki on Twitter. \u201cCome visit all 29 of us and explain why they would do this. Hope it never happens to any of their kids or spouses or relatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it did, betcha changes would happen sooner than later.\u201d<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 2, 2019.<\/p>\n

— With files from Lauren Krugel in Calgary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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