US EditionMPs launch probe of trucking sector, Bloc calls out labour standards
The House of Commons committee begins a multi-meeting study amid calls to probe driver misclassification and exploitation impacting labour standards in trucking.
- A House of Commons committee is studying labour standards in the trucking sector following a request from the Bloc Québécois for an end to exploitative practices.
- The study will examine the classification of drivers as independent contractors instead of employees and will involve government testimonies.
- Bloc Québécois MP Xavier Barsalou-Duval presented ten recommendations to the federal government, including inquiries into driver exploitation.
- The Canadian Trucking Alliance has criticized the current business model, calling it a major misclassification scheme that endangers health and safety.
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The Chronicle-Journal
MPs launch probe of trucking sector, Bloc calls out labour standards
OTTAWA - Labour standards in Canada's trucking sector are under scrutiny as a House of Commons committee launched a study of the issue this week and the Bloc Québécois called on the government to end what it calls exploitative practices.
Winnipeg Free Press
MPs launch probe of trucking sector after Bloc calls out labour standards
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
The party called on Ottawa to restore road safety and put an end to the phenomenon of low-cost drivers.
OTTAWA—Labour standards in the Canadian trucking sector are under close scrutiny. A committee of the House of Commons launched a study on this issue this week and the Bloc Québécois asked the government to stop what it describes as operating practices. The Transportation Committee is studying an industrial business model called "Heater Inc.", in which transportation companies classify drivers as incorporated workers rather than as employees.
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