MIL OSI Translation. Canadian French to English –
Source: Government of Canada – in French 1
Ministers LeBlanc and Anand announce trucking pilot project to improve freight flow
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, September 26, 2024 – Today, at the Internal Trade Committee meeting, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs, and the Honourable Anita Anand, President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Transport, announced the launch of a pilot project on the mutual recognition of regulatory requirements in the trucking sector.
Ministers thanked the coalition of provinces and territories supporting this initiative: Ontario, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut, for their contribution to improving the efficient movement of goods – a critical aspect of productivity and affordability in Canada. The pilot project will be co-chaired by Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada.
Mutual recognition agreements in key sectors, such as transportation and trucking, have the potential to boost productivity and economic growth in Canada. Experts predict that adopting mutual recognition as a means of reducing internal trade barriers could grow the Canadian economy by $200 billion per year.
Under this new trucking pilot, participating provinces and territories will commit to recognizing each other’s regulatory requirements, even if there are differences, such as requirements for oversized vehicle signage, to allow trucks and the goods they carry to move efficiently across Canada without compromising safety measures. The pilot, the first of its kind on this scale in Canada, will help governments test and determine what can be achieved through mutual recognition and will spur future work on other important areas of the economy, such as labour mobility.
Today’s announcement is an important first step toward the broad national adoption of mutual recognition and builds on the Government of Canada’s leadership and actions to liberalize trade and boost Canada’s economic productivity.
Thanks to federal leadership, including Federal action plan to strengthen trade Interior, the Government of Canada has done the following:
Establishment of the Canadian Centre for Internal Trade Data and Information, which provides open and accessible information on internal trade and trade barriers in critical economic sectors;
Removal and reduction of 1/3 of federal exceptions under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, providing Canadian businesses with more opportunities to compete across the country; Strengthening regulatory cooperation through the harmonization of building codes and energy efficiency regulations and the exemption of redundant requirements for oil platforms; Funding for thedevelopment of a national register of doctors, led by the Medical Council of Canada, a fundamental measure that will promote labour mobility among physicians; Revising the Red Tape Reduction Act and imposing a requirement that the “One-for-One” Rule limit the administrative burden on business and take into account the reduction in burden resulting from regulatory cooperation between the Government of Canada and other jurisdictions; Advancing regulatory cooperation through the Regulatory Cooperation Council (a Canada-U.S. body) and the Regulatory Reconciliation and Cooperation Table (a federal-provincial-territorial body) to reduce regulatory barriers to trade and make it easier for businesses to operate across jurisdictions; and Organizing regional roundtables in Canada and the United States to better understand the regulatory issues facing businesses in domestic and international trade.
In addition, as announced in August 2024, the Treasury Board of Canada is establishing a task force to examine Canadian public sector productivity and inform the government’s economic plan. The task force will be comprised of a range of experts from academia, think tanks, the private sector, the public sector, and will work with unions. It will examine the delivery of services to Canadians and the role of technology in reducing barriers to increasing the productivity of Canadians and businesses. The terms of reference for the task force will be finalized and made public in the coming weeks.
Contacts For further information (media only), please contact:
Gabriel Brunet Press SecretaryOffice of the Honourable Dominic LeBlancMinister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs819-665-6527gabriel.brunet@iga-aig.gc.ca
Myah Tomasi Press SecretaryOffice of the President of the Treasury Board of Canada343-543-7210myah.tomasi@tbs-sct.gc.ca
Media Relations Privy Council Office613-957-5420media@pco-bcp.gc.ca
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat613-369-9400Toll-free: 1-855-TBS-9-SCT (1-855-827-9728)media@tbs-sct.gc.ca
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is a translation. Apologies should the grammar and/or sentence structure not be perfect.