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No. H201/05 TASK FORCE COMPLETES REPORT
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Irène Marcheterre Director of Communications Office of the Minister, Ottawa (613) 991-0700 |
Ian Jack Director of Communications Office of the Minister of Industry, Ottawa (613) 995-9001 |
Peter Graham Director of Communications Office of the Minister of Labour and Housing, Ottawa (613) 953-5646 |
Mike Long Director of Communications B.C. Ministry of Transportation (250) 387-7787 |
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On June 27, 2005, owner-operator truckers withheld services in the movement of containers at ports in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia due to a dispute with truck companies and brokers over rates and other conditions. The dispute had a significant impact on the ports and had begun to affect the efficiency of the national transportation system. The Government of Canada therefore decided to take action designed to help resolve this dispute and to protect public interest.
On June 30, 2005, the federal Minister of Labour and Housing Joe Fontana and the British Columbia Minister of Labour and Citizens’ Services
By its fourth week, the dispute was having a significant impact on the Port of Vancouver and repercussions were being felt within the national transportation system. On July 29, 2005, Transport Minister Jean-C. Lapierre, together with Industry Minister and co-Senior Minister responsible for British Columbia David L. Emerson, announced federal action to help reach a negotiated settlement of the trucking dispute at the Port of Vancouver and other ports in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
The Government of Canada approved action under Section 47 of the Canada Transportation Act, which established a special time-limited opportunity of 90 days for the parties and other interested groups to discuss and develop an agreement without risking violation of the Competition Act.
On August 5, 2005, the two ministers announced that the Government of Canada had approved further action under Section 47 of the Canada Transportation Act, requiring the Vancouver Port Authority and the Fraser River Port Authority to follow through with a system of licensing for the delivery, pick-up or movement of containers at the ports.
This action also required the applicants for licences to be signatories to the memorandum of agreement between the container trucking companies and the Vancouver Container Truckers’ Association dated July 29, 2005. In addition, the applicants were required to accept the dispute resolution process outlined in the memorandum of agreement and that the Vancouver Port Authority and the Fraser River Port Authority prohibit access to the ports if the above requirements were not met.
On August 8, 2005, Ministers Lapierre, Emerson and Fontana, along with the Province of British Columbia, announced the creation of a three-member task force to review and report on underlying transportation and other structural and representational issues associated with the trucking dispute at ports in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.
The task force was mandated to examine transportation and industrial relations issues affecting owner-operator truckers and trucking operators. In particular the task force:
In October 2005, the task force submitted its final report concurrently to the federal Transport Minister and federal Labour Minister, British Columbia Minister of Labour and Citizen’s Services and to the British Columbia Minister of Transportation. The Government of Canada will give the task force report full consideration with the Province of British Columbia and ports of Vancouver and Fraser River before developing and implementing a framework to provide long-term industry stability.
As a transitional measure, the Government of Canada has approved another order-in-council under Section 47 of the Canada Transportation Act, for a period of 90 days, to ensure that all truck owner/operators can meet the conditions stipulated by the ports to obtain a license without the risk of contravening the Competition Act. This order-in-council will also provide the two levels of government with an opportunity to evaluate the task force recommendations and to develop a framework that offers a more permanent solution.
October 2005
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