{"id":40485,"date":"2015-02-01T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=40485"},"modified":"2015-02-01T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:23:14","slug":"b-c-truckers-stage-protest-over-new-port-metro-vancouver-licensing-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/01\/b-c-truckers-stage-protest-over-new-port-metro-vancouver-licensing-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. truckers stage protest over new Port Metro Vancouver licensing rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40486\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1024px-Dock_Vancouver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40486\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1024px-Dock_Vancouver.jpg\" alt=\"Port of Vancouver. Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1024px-Dock_Vancouver.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1024px-Dock_Vancouver-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Port of Vancouver. Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SURREY, B.C.\u2014B.C. truckers staged a protest on Saturday against new licensing rules at Port Metro Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>They say more than 600 truckers and office staff will lose their jobs because of the new requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Owners and operators were required to apply to the Port for a license, but a number of them were rejected.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Dhaliwal owns and operates a trucking company and says he wants the Port to negotiate with truckers to find a better solution.<\/p>\n<p>He says the port rejected his application for a license without telling him what he could change to be approved.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds, including truckers\u2019 families and their children, attended the afternoon rally in Surrey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SURREY, B.C.\u2014B.C. truckers staged a protest on Saturday against new licensing rules at Port Metro Vancouver. They say more than &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":40486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}