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Top US-Canada supply chain stories of 2023

In 2023, the Canadian commercial transportation industry witnessed everything from strikes at ports in British Columbia to protests from truck drivers fighting for unpaid wages to one of the biggest railroad mergers in North American history.

With 2023 coming to an end, FreightWaves has compiled the five biggest stories that shaped the Canadian transportation industry this year.

Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern approved by regulators

The Surface Transportation...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/top-us-canada-supply-chain-stories-of-2023

Canadian Trucking Alliance wants drivers to report fraudulent carriers

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is taking steps to crack down on a business model known as Driver Inc., a tax avoidance scheme that abuses workers and hurts the transportation industry, according to CTA President Stephen Laskowski. 

“Federal and provincial entities have said they stand with CTA in eliminating the abuse by the organizers of the Driver Inc. scheme, which is plaguing our workforce,” Laskowski said in a news release. “This scheme is extensive and undermines several government...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-trucking-alliance-wants-drivers-to-report-fraudulent-carriers

Canadian trucking officials call for end to Driver Inc. ‘scam’

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A group of officials representing Canada’s trucking industry held a joint news conference in Ottawa...

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