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APRIL 2017 VOLUME 28, ISSUE 3
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Purpose remains the same After 80 years, the STA’s challenges may have changed, but its purpose has not By Derek Clouthier
A level playing field CTA, STA would like to see new rules apply to all who transport livestock, not just commercial carriers By Derek Clouthier REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) applauded the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) plan to modernize the rules for transporting livestock, but concerns remain over certain aspects of the proposed regulations. Susan Ewart, executive director of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) and regional vice-president of the CTA, said a key contention was what she called the exclusion of certain livestock transporters, which limit the reach of some of the regulations to commercial carriers. “As written, this would exclude from key training and record-keeping provisions producers and processors who claim ownership of the animals or poultry during transportation and do not charge a
fee for transportation services,” Ewart said. “Further, the CTA is concerned this could result in a competitive imbalance between for-hire carriers and private carriers from both operational and enforcement perspectives.” Ewart said the STA believes both commercial and private carriers should have no differentiation in the regulations that apply to them. Other areas the CTA would like to see addressed in the modernization for the transport of livestock include the transport of unfit and/or compromised animals, saying though it agrees with the effort to prohibit loading unfit animals, as well as special provisions for moving compromised animals, drivers prefer not to be put in a position to make the decision on whether an animal is unfit or compromised, which should be the responsibility of the consignor. Continued on page 7
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Amendments to the rules for the transportation of livestock are welcomed, but industry wants them to apply to all carriers, not just commercial.
REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN The challenges facing the Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) may be vastly different today than they were 80 years ago, but its purpose has not changed one bit. Celebrating 80 years as an association, the STA was founded by Basil Hindmarsh, Tom Atkinson Sr., George Peacock, George Solomon, George Smith, and Pete Maier. It was originally called the Saskatchewan Motor Transport Association before it was changed in the late ’50s to what it’s called today. Despite the change of name, the STA sees its reason for being to be the same now as it was in 1937. “The idea then was the same as it is now,” said Susan Ewart, executive director of the STA. “A voice with the provincial government, standing up for the industry, and working collectively for the good of the trucking industry.” In the course of 80 years, a lot has