MEMBERSHIP:

Ex-officio - Chair: CRA Chair
AB, MB, ON, QC and TC
CCMTA - S. Tremblay

RECORD OF DECISIONS REFERENCE:

Standing Committee on Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, May/06
Board of Directors, May/06

REPORTING TO:

Standing Committee on Compliance and Regulatory Affairs

BACKGROUND:

The steering group was created in the summer of 2006 to explore motor carrier safety rating reciprocity with the FMCSA, superseding work of the PG on Safety Rating Implementation Issues. At the time, the project group was tasked with resolving issues related to the treatment of U.S. carriers operating in Canada through the development a Canadian registration system for U.S. Operators, an interim measure until such time as full data exchange and safety rating reciprocity was achieved between Canada and the U.S. Work of the PG was abandoned in favour of pursuing safety rating reciprocity with the U.S.

Note: A bilateral Canada/U.S. safety rating reciprocity agreement was signed in September 2008, predicated on the mutual exchange of international safety performance data and its use in each country’s profile system. (See related ToR, Canada-U.S. Motor Carrier Data Exchange User Group.)

MANDATE:

Pursue Canada/U.S. safety rating reciprocity with the FMCSA, ensure implementation of the terms of the agreement in all Canadian provinces and territories, and provide oversight to the Canada-U.S. Motor Carrier Data Exchange User Group.

DEADLINES:

Implementation of agreement (initiation of exchange process with FMCSA in all provinces and territories).

STATUS:

Ongoing

January 2009