The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, the Honourable Todd Stone British Columbia Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, and Robin Silvester, President & Chief Executive Officer, Port Metro Vancouver, today announced concrete action to end the trucking dispute in Port Metro Vancouver. A 14-point action plan has been collectively agreed upon to return the port to normal operations. This plan will help ensure truck drivers are paid fair compensation. It also includes rapid implementation of pilot measures to help reduce wait times at container terminals and the creation of an industry oversight committee.
The measures were developed after taking into account the concerns voiced by container truck owner/operators and unionized drivers and inputs received from all stakeholders, including recommendations made by Federally appointed advisor Vince Ready. The efficient movement of marine containers through Port Metro Vancouver is critical to Canada’s Asia Pacific Gateway and the national economy. The work stoppage of the last two weeks has resulted in severe impacts on the national economy, and with the immediate implementation of the 14-point action plan we expect an immediate and full return to work by truck drivers.
This has been excerpted from a 13 March 2014 news release by Transport Canada and is available in its entirety at:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do;jsessionid=b8e57cea3dbe718e594b511905cba06ee2ec662c829b98c2503d85d540ad5069.e38RbhaLb3qNe34Qa390?mthd=advSrch&crtr.page=1&crtr.dpt1D=6695&nid=824869
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