Organization
Canadian Trucking Alliance
- Meetings this Parliament
- 32
- With MPs
- 2
- Since Nov 2021
- 93
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Oct 26, 2026.
Lobbying by Canadian Trucking Alliance: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (organization) In effect since Jun 19, 2026
Filed by Stephen Laskowski, PRESIDENT & Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- Alf Brown · TDG Coordinator
- Geoffrey Wood · Senior Vice President, Policy
- Jonathan Blackham · Director, Policy & Public Affairs
- Lak Shoan · Director, Policy & Industry Awareness Programs
- Marco Beghetto · Vice President, Communications and New Media
- Stephen Laskowski · President and Chief Executive Officer
Institutions they may lobby: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Senate of Canada, Statistics Canada (StatCan), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (37)Hide details
- Elimination of organized crimes influence on trucking industry. Support and advocate for law enforcement efforts to combat organized crime and the influence of transnational criminal organizations (TCO) on the trucking industry.
- Crime prevention as it pertains to the trucking industry. Ensure a focus remains on eliminating the influence of Transnational Criminal Organizations from trucking.
- Maintenance and support for national tables and mechanisms that address inter-provincial trucking issues. That support and promotion for the Council of Ministers and Deputy Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety and associated committees, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, the Task Force on Vehicle Weights and Dimensions and the Transportation Association of Canada continue. It is critical industry and government have established forums to discuss, develop and coordinate on issues of importance the trucking industry.
- Funding for Federal, Territorial and Provincial Relations to support oversight of trucking industry and support for infrastructure priorities.
- National Highway System. Support for improvements, upgrades and capital expenditures on the national highways system to support inter-provincial truck transportation.
- Commercial Vehicle Enforcement – that joint commitments amongst federal government, proveniences and territories to address commercial vehicle safety remain in place and are properly supported and co-ordinated and that information sharing amongst jurisdictions
- Prevention of fraudulent activities as it relates to commercial trucking. Ensure financial crimes and fraud being committed as a result of labour mis-classification and forced labour are eliminate from the trucking industry.
- Prevention of Human Trafficking and Forced Labour – ensure forced labour is eliminated from the trucking industry, support all law enforcement programs dedicated to this file and hold non-compliant operations accountable.
- Regulatory Harmonization – ensure that regulatory harmonization and alignment are the focal points for governments with respect to trucking. That jurisdictions commit to implementing changes in a timely manner and that when necessary that the federal government support jurisdictions in implementing the changes. That mutual recognition is not a suitable mechanism for reducing inter-provincial trade barriers in trucking.
- Transportation and Supply Chain Security and Integrity. Ensure a focus remains on eliminating the influence of Transnational Criminal Organizations from trucking, establish known employer programs in trucking as well as an expansion of trusted trader networks.
- Commercial Vehicle Enforcement – ensuring all lawful authorities are engaged in activities with respect to commercial vehicle enforcement to detect and deter criminal activity and hold non-compliant operations accountable.
- Data Collection, Research and Development – as required provide information and insight to officials to ensure accurate and realistic information on the industry trends, and metrics.
- Commercial Driver Medical Standards – that standards are consistent between provincial and territorial jurisdictions and that to the extent possible they are aligned with those required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
- Vehicle Weights and Dimensions – ensure existing mechanisms in place for discussions, collaborations, progression, standards maintenance and development on vehicle weights and dimensions policy remain in place.
- National Safety Code Standards – that proper attention and maintenance is given to national safety code standards and that jurisdictions are adhering to and implementing the standards consistently.
- Commercial Vehicle Enforcement – ensure Transport Canada, the provinces and territories maintain adequate oversight of the trucking industry and that Transport Canada remain engaged in supporting commercial vehicle oversight across all jurisdictions.
- Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) – maintain TDG regime and associated standards that keeps safety as the top priority, while balancing the needs of the trucking industry and ensuring the TDG program evolves and keeps pace with technology and the realities of the present day supply chain. In addition to ensure adequate information from trucking operations is available to first responders and to ensure data collection and enforcement reporting are accurate, and that roles, responsibilities and accountability in the supply chain are maintained.
- Drivers Licence Reciprocity - that standards, policies and procedures are consistent between provincial and territorial jurisdictions and that to the extent possible they are aligned with those required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). This includes the necessity to ensure the Canada-US drivers licence reciprocity agreements for commercial drivers remain in place and that all efforts necessary are made by Transport Canada, the provinces and territories to reduce fraudulent activities related to commercial driver’s licences and that appropriate oversight.
- Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (CMVSS) – as required consult and discuss with officials on CMVSS and impacts to industry as well as seeking clarifications for existing standards and applicability of new technologies and equipment to CMVSS.
- Safety Fitness Certificates (SFC) – ensuring the SFC regimes are robust enough to prevent chameleon carrier activities and to ensure consistency in the application of SFC requirements across jurisdictions.
- Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) – ensuring the integrity of the ELD regime remains in place, is protected and improved as necessary. This includes attention to the ELD technical standard, enforcement and monitoring of ELD compliance for both trucking companies and ELD technology suppliers.
- Hours of Service Regulations - ensuring the integrity of the Transport Canada Hours of Service (HOS) regime remains in place, is protected and improved as necessary. This includes providing input to HOS proposals that would benefit safety and productivity, when needed as well as to ensure HOS proposals put forth do not allow the degradation of road safety.
- Ensuring consistency and where possible harmonization of commercial border policies, regulations, and operational requirements such as trusted trader and supply-chain security programs, including Free and Secure Trade (FAST)and Partners in Protection (PIP), cross-border cargo processing, trade facilitation measures, and customs modernization efforts.
- Ensuring fairness and clarity regarding policies and regulation impacting Advanced Commercial Information (ACI) requirements and electronic data submission, including Administrative Monetary Penalty System (AMPS) enforcement and penalty mitigation.
- Ensure policies are discussed and implemented to mitigate border delays and congestion affecting commercial traffic and border operations, including those caused by IT system outages, and other potential interruptions.
- Reducing internal trade barriers impacting trucking industry in the area of safety, operations and infrastructure. This includes items related to: improved standards for maintaining and clearing roads during winter months on the national highway system, investing in truck rest areas on the national highway system, aligning requirements for over-size over-weight vehicles, and aligning carrier safety oversight programs and information share and the creation of a national database.
- Matters relating to Government procurement practices and Crown Corporation procurement practices and procedures.
- Ensure that government policies related to greenhouse gas (GHG) heavy truck emissions regulations and related policies consider technology readiness, cost considerations, operational feasibility, and other factors to support the logistics and trucking supply chain across Canada.
- Ensure fleet operational considerations and challenges are taken into consideration in federal decision making, including vehicle range, payload impacts, maintenance requirements, total cost of ownership, and development of charging and refueling infrastructure to support commercial fleet operations.
- Advocating for feasible decarbonization strategies for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle fleets, including adoption and deployment of alternative fuel and zero-emission vehicle technologies, battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, renewable natural gas, and other emerging solutions.
- Matters relating to the importance of infrastructure, the provision and funding for infrastructure, and need for infrastructure improvements. Protection of critical infrastructure.
- Matters relating to Canada's immigration system, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, LMIA processes, known employers programs, and compliance.
- Matters relating to the Canada Labour Code, Part I,II,III Canada Labour Code, Industrial Relations, Compliance, and Policy. Generalized discussions relating to Labour Policy in the trucking sector.
- Matters relating to taxation and finance, the income tax act, and Canada Revenue Agency.
- Matters related to training, funding for training programs, health and safety, and generalized discussion on the need for training support.
- Matters relating to economic development, trade, and goods movement.
- Matters relating to federal budgets and spending priorities, Pre-Budget and other submissions, issues relating to industry priorities and federal spending.
Registration 940835-622-46. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Crystina Dundas · Senior Special Assistant, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canada Labour Code Parts I, II and III; member of FETCO. Specific to issues of Occupational Health and Safety and Hours of Work.
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Dean Allison · Member of Parliament
- Fred Davies · Member of Parliament
- Tony Baldinelli · Member of Parliament
Immigration - related to temporary foreign worker program and support for demand driven immigration allowances specific to assisting shortage of qualified truck drivers. Read more
Generalized discussion on labour relations, labour code compliance in the trucking industry.
Taxation - related to tax fairness and tax compliance for companies and truck drivers.
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Isabel Agolini · Program Coordinator, Transport Canada (TC)
CANADA/U.S. TRADE AND SECURITY with regard to border programs, international relations, Security and Prosperity Partnership
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Melanie Vanstone · A/Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
- Isabel Agolini · Program Coordinator, Transport Canada (TC)
CANADA/U.S. TRADE AND SECURITY with regard to border programs, international relations, Security and Prosperity Partnership Read more
Immigration - related to temporary foreign worker program and support for demand driven immigration allowances specific to assisting shortage of qualified truck drivers.
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Monica Blaney · Chief, Risk Evaluation, Transport Canada (TC)
- Melanie Vanstone · A/Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
Transportation of Dangerous Good Act -amendments to the act pertaining to the security of goods during transport, signage, security plans and security checks for drivers appropriate and reasonable vehicle designs in keeping with provincial regulations. Read more
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Everett Palmer · Manager/Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
- Melanie Vanstone · A/Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
- Tamara Rudge · Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
HIGHWAYS AND BORDERS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT - discussions with Transport Canada about possible investments in key roads, borders and bridges across Canada
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Eric Diotte · Director, Compliance, Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
Generalized discussion on labour relations, labour code compliance in the trucking industry.
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Tamara Rudge · Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
- Ibrahima Sow · Executive Director, Transport Canada (TC)
- Elisabeth Huot · Trade Policy Officer, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Isabel Agolini · Program Coordinator, Transport Canada (TC)
CANADA/U.S. TRADE AND SECURITY with regard to border programs, international relations, Security and Prosperity Partnership
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Melanie Vanstone · A/Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
- Kelsey Fraser · Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Officer, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Kirsten Kazlauskas · Head, Intergovernmental Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Alan Bickford · Manager/Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
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- Belinda Kato · Senior Policy Advisor, International Relations and Trade Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
- Genevieve Bastien · Assistant Director, Highway, Border and Motor Carrier Policy, Transport Canada (TC)
- Everett Palmer · Manager/Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
- Laura Zimmermann · Policy Analyst, Transport Canada (TC)
- Isabel Agolini · Econmic and Trade Policy, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Can-US Safety Rating Reciprocity - Ensure fairness and sufficient monitoring for all US motor carriers when operating in all Canadian jurisdictions, while continuing to promote the successful transition to a complete reciprocal agreement between Canada and the US Read more
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Ibrahima Sow · Executive Director, Transport Canada (TC)
Consumer Issues - Third Party Certification of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs). Support for Transport Canada's efforts to introduce certified technology.
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Josephine Davidson · Program Manager, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Jeremy Brady · Senior Economic Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Kimberly Hradecky · Section Head, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Julie Deschatelets · Heavy-Duty Vehicle and Large Engine Regulatory Section, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Heavy Vehicle Aerodynamic Technologies – Development of standards, regulations and compliance policies operating in Canada and the United States
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Wilder Walker-Stewart · Senior Policy Advisor, Transport Canada (TC)
Better Borders Working Group/Regulatory Cooperation Council –Seek more efficient border crossings
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Isabel Agolini · Program Coordinator, Transport Canada (TC)
- Gillian Grant · Counsellor, Transport, Transport Canada (TC)
CANADA/U.S. TRADE AND SECURITY with regard to border programs, international relations, Security and Prosperity Partnership
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Judith Buchanan · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Danijela Hong · Director General, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Canada Labour Code Parts I, II and III; member of FETCO. Specific to issues of Occupational Health and Safety and Hours of Work.
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Steve Pageau · Director, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Immigration - related to temporary foreign worker program and support for demand driven immigration allowances specific to assisting shortage of qualified truck drivers. Read more
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Michael DeJong · Assistant Secretary, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
- James Van Raalte · Executive Director, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Internal TradeInternational TradeTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Melanie Vanstone · A/Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
Internal TradeInternational RelationsTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Afshin Shams · Director, Trusted Trader Division, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
International TradeTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Steven West · Director, Temporary Foreign Worker Program, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Immigration
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Melanie Vanstone · A/Director General, Transport Canada (TC)
Federal-Provincial RelationsInternal TradeTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Ibrahima Sow · Executive Director, Transport Canada (TC)
- Marie Williams-Davignon · Senior Regulatory Development Engineer, Transport Canada (TC)
Research and DevelopmentTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Susan Archer · Director, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Erin Malley · Manager, Policy and Operations, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Pavel Zraly · Inspector, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
- Megan DeVries · Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Internal TradeInternational TradeNational Security/SecurityResearch and DevelopmentTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Gillian Grant · Counsellor, Transport, Transport Canada (TC)
- Sonja Frohberg · Counsellor, Agriculture and Fisheries, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Internal TradeTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- Roberto Bruni · A/Executive Director, Compliance and Response, Transport Canada (TC)
Employment and TrainingEnvironmentFederal-Provincial RelationsInfrastructureInternal TradeJustice and Law EnforcementNational Security/SecurityResearch and DevelopmentTransportation
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Reported by Stephen Laskowski · In-house (organization)
- joshua Swift · Policy Advisor, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
EnvironmentInternational TradeResearch and DevelopmentTransportation
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.