Provinces Impose Own Agendas on Canada’s National Safety Code
Canada’s National Safety Code for trucking is being implemented inconsistently at the provincial level, according to a federal study.
As a result, the goal of a uniform safety fitness rating system for motor carriers doing business in Canada will not be met by the December target date, concluded the report for Transport Canada, the national transportation agency.
All of Canada’s provinces and territories agreed in 1987 to implement the National Safety Code enacted by the Ottawa government with the goal of providing the same safety standards for the trucking industry across the country. Under the Canadian system, the provincial governments have final authority over such matters.
Some provinces, the report found, have deviated from standardized safety ratings, opting instead for provisions that they said were better suited to their local needs. This province-by-province deviation suggests that trucking operations could receive different safety ratings in different jurisdictions.
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