Transportation

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

Promote legislation, regulations, programs and policies that are necessary, effective, fair, enforced consistently, and don¿t impose unreasonable financial or administrative burdens on motor carriers. This includes seeking amendments to the B.C. Commercial Transport Act, B.C. Commercial Transport Regulations, Commercial Transport Fees Regulation, Motor Vehicle Act, Motor Vehicle Act Regulations and B.C. Commercial Transport Procedures Manual to promote safety through such mean as mandating use of speed limiters and electronic logging devices, a review of speed limits on provincial roads with the general intent to change speed limits on highways that have a disproportionately high incidence of serious crashes, development of cannabis legislation, regulations and policies to ensure carriers have the tools necessary to protect their drivers and the public, infrastructure upgrades that will make our roads safer and more efficient, establishment of a minimum standards for entry-level training for Class 1 drivers, improve the commercial driver licensing test standard, changing the Class 1 driver license minimum age to mirror the age in most other provinces, and allow for training funding; to promote the environment in support of BC¿s Climate Leadership Plan by such means as accelerating the turnover of commercial vehicles, allowing for the use of new generation wide-base single tires and smart liftable axles, advocating for infrastructure upgrades that reduce traffic congestion and stop-and-go traffic movements and advise on the development of land based spill response regulations (Environmental Management Act, Spill Preparedness, Response and Recovery Regulations, Spill Reporting Regulations, Spill Contingency Planning Regulations, etc.); promoting economic development and trade through such means as infrastructure upgrades that will help attract and retain qualified drivers, establishing high-load corridors and review of the 15 Point Joint Action Plan (Container Trucking Act and supporting regulations); promoting a competitive tax, revenue and insurance rate framework for the commercial transportation industry by such means as expanding PST credits to include capital expenditures for our industry in the same manner as the PM&E PST exemption, restoring the PST exemption for trailers that are primarily used with multi-jurisdictional vehicles (MJVs), directing the Consumer Taxation Branch and ICBC to stop collecting the MJV tax when a vehicle in re-licensed in the same fleet in the same term.

Target Contacts

Transportation

Arranging meeting between an individual and a public office holder for purpose of lobbying

Development, establishment, amendment or termination of any program, policy or decision

Introduction, modification or repeal of legislation, a bill or regulation

Promote legislation, regulations, programs and policies that are necessary, effective, fair, enforced consistently, and don¿t impose unreasonable financial or administrative burdens on motor carriers. This includes seeking amendments to the B.C. Commercial Transport Act, B.C. Commercial Transport Regulations, Commercial Transport Fees Regulation, Motor Vehicle Act, Motor Vehicle Act Regulations and B.C. Commercial Transport Procedures Manual to promote safety through such mean as mandating use of speed limiters and electronic logging devices, a review of speed limits on provincial roads with the general intent to change speed limits on highways that have a disproportionately high incidence of serious crashes, development of cannabis legislation, regulations and policies to ensure carriers have the tools necessary to protect their drivers and the public, infrastructure upgrades that will make our roads safer and more efficient, establishment of a minimum standards for entry-level training for Class 1 drivers, improve the commercial driver licensing test standard, changing the Class 1 driver license minimum age to mirror the age in most other provinces, and allow for training funding; to promote the environment in support of BC¿s Climate Leadership Plan by such means as accelerating the turnover of commercial vehicles, allowing for the use of new generation wide-base single tires and smart liftable axles, advocating for infrastructure upgrades that reduce traffic congestion and stop-and-go traffic movements and advise on the development of land based spill response regulations (Environmental Management Act, Spill Preparedness, Response and Recovery Regulations, Spill Reporting Regulations, Spill Contingency Planning Regulations, etc.); promoting economic development and trade through such means as infrastructure upgrades that will help attract and retain qualified drivers, establishing high-load corridors and review of the 15 Point Joint Action Plan (Container Trucking Act and supporting regulations); promoting a competitive tax, revenue and insurance rate framework for the commercial transportation industry by such means as expanding PST credits to include capital expenditures for our industry in the same manner as the PM&E PST exemption, restoring the PST exemption for trailers that are primarily used with multi-jurisdictional vehicles (MJVs), directing the Consumer Taxation Branch and ICBC to stop collecting the MJV tax when a vehicle in re-licensed in the same fleet in the same term.

Target Contacts