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 the Board of TTSAO for almost 10 years, as Treasurer, Vice Chair and President.. Phil is a Former Board member of the Private Motor Truck Council,
Currently on the Advisory of the SmartFreight Center at U of T, and also on TD’s Advisory Panel, as well as a Board member of the Hamilton Transportation Club.