Advocacy:
- ELT is being discussed regularly with MTO for changes, With Ken and I sitting on the stakeholder committee.
- The committee is agreed on a 12 month period for G2 + G before testing for an A road test. Any ideas you have for improving please forward them to me: philip@ttsao.com
- Waiting on the Auditor General’s Report on Safety in Trucking. We were on a research committee to detail problems in training and will talk again next week.
- Participated in a LinkedIn podcast called Compliance Clips with John Farquhar and Rick Morgan here is the link: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=compliance%20clips&origin=TYPEAHEAD_HISTORY&searchId=530cc963-0d96-4140-97ee-3af2a17f91ab&sid=GCm&spellCorrectionEnabled=true
- Attended the Hiring Expo by TTN in Mississauga. Some valued contacts coming from that, including Loblaw and Highway to Hope founders.
Committee Updates:
- Jeff is handling Membership and wants to do internal communication with the schools. Renewals for Associates have gone out and are starting to return, and we have a new member from Missouri that Jeff was in touch with.
- Maria handles the Carriers and is working with Cutler and myself to do a 237 carrier campaign for Discount Diesel and membership based on that program, plus our other member programs, Marks, SiriusXM, HeavyG
- Air Brakes, needs volunteers to update and reinvigorate
- By-Laws, re: Ken
Let’s take control of our situation with Member Schools. Show the industry that we care about quality, transparency and compliance to Best Practices.
There is a bright future for the Association now if we take the right steps!!
Phil Fletcher
President
Phil has served for more than 5 years both on the TTSAO Board and as President. Phil is a Former Board member of the Private Motor Truck Council,
Currently on the Advisory Panel of the Smart Freight Center, U of T Board member of the Hamilton Transportation Club