Canada’s Freight Forwarding Magazine
Advocacy remains the most important item that we deliver, and this fall issue of the Forwarder magazine, dedicated to the topic of Advocacy, aims to display for the membership more of what makes CIFFA your Trusted Advisor. In this issue we cover ongoing efforts CIFFA has made over the past few very busy years on […]
On October 5, 2022, CIFFA’s Executive Director Bruce Rodgers and Director, Policy and Communications Julia Kuzeljevich presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee regarding Anticipated Labour Shortages in the Transportation sector. CIFFA was one of three witness groups. Also participating were: Canadian Transportation Alliance – Stephen Laskowski Teamster Union – Omar Bergan and Mariam […]
Maritime September 6: Vancouver Port Defers Rolling Truck Age Program to April 3, 2023 – Today’s Trucking The Port of Vancouver will defer implementation of the Rolling Truck Age Program by a final six months to April 3, 2023, according to a letter issued by the port authority on September 3. The program banning container-hauling […]
CIFFA is pleased to have partnered with National Post and mediaplanet on a Supply Chain Resilience campaign. Recent events have highlighted weaknesses in the supply chain. CIFFA acts as the voice of freight forwarders, freight brokers, and drayage operators. Canada’s supply chain — deemed fragile at best before COVID-19 — has become even more so […]
NOTE: The following applies only to provincially-regulated employers in Ontario. It does not apply to federally-regulated employers in Ontario. In 2022, the Government of Ontario passed Bill 88, Working for Workers Act, 2022. Amongst other things, the Bill amended the Employment Standards Act to require provincially-regulated employers who have 25 or more employees in Ontario […]
TORONTO, September 16, 2022. For over twenty years, FIATA and the TT Club have been organizing the annual Young Logistics Professionals Award (YLP Award), formerly the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA). This competition provides valuable opportunities to young professionals in the freight forwarding and logistics fields. In January 2022, CIFFA selected […]
Maritime August 3: Carrier Schedule Reliability Records First Year-Over-Year Improvement in More than Two Years – The Maritime Executive After hitting a low point at the beginning of 2022, schedule reliability and delays among the container carriers are steadily improving. The market is showing the first signs that the supply chain is managing after the […]