November 14, 2013

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Transportation In Canada

Provinces & Territories Mandate - Responsible for all matters

relating to road safety, driver licensing, vehicle registration & taxation, and commercial regulations and enforcement

Federal Government Mandate - Responsible for new vehicle standards,

transportation of dangerous goods - Plays complimentary role in motor

transport administration

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Road Safety, Licensing, and Administration of Motor Vehicles in Canada

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Council of Ministers Responsible for

Transportation & Highway Safety

Council of Deputy Ministers Responsible for Transportation &

Highway Safety

Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators

CCMTA History

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Highway Transportation

Board 1940 Canada-wide

Expansion 1956 Secretariat Established 1975 Federal GVT

Joined 1977

CCMTA incorporated

under its present name & constitution

1987 Associate membership 1993 Change

Management 2011 Knowledge

Management & Strategic

Planning

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CCMTA’s Role

• Provide a national forum for the development of national public policy and programs for road safety and driver / vehicle licensing, while recognizing the importance of jurisdictional autonomy.

• Provides jurisdictions with an opportunity for shared learning, coordination, collaboration, and communication.

• Champion improved road safety, reciprocity among membership, and work towards harmonized driver and motor vehicle licensing and regulation.

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CCMTA Structure

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Standing Committee

on Drivers & Vehicles

Standing Committee

on Road Safety

Research & Policy

Standing Committee

on Compliance

& Regulatory Affairs

Board of Directors

Secretariat

CCMTA Stakeholders

• Government Members: provincial, federal, and territorial representatives

• Associates: Includes industry, other government agencies, and road safety partners

IE:

• Private Motor Truck Council • Petroleum Services of Canada • Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association • Canadian Trucking Alliance • Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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CCMTA Products & Initiatives

• Road Safety Strategy 2015 • National Safety Code • Canadian Driver Licence Agreement • IRE • Knowledge Management

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Road Safety in Canada

Canada has had national road safety plans since 1996 targeting the reduction of serious injuries and deaths due to road crashes

Road Safety policies & regulations are provincially regulated

Plans were developed by CCMTA and the main deliverables were presented and approved by the Council of Deputy Ministers of Transportation.

Road Safety Vision 2010 was deemed a success

CCMTA is custodian of Road Safety Strategy 2015

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Vision: To have the safest

roads in the world

Holistic Fluid & Flexible No hard targets

Best practice sharing

Joint Effort

CCMTA Jurisdictional

Members

Enforcement Community

Road Engineering & Infrastructure Community

Road Safety Stakeholders

Road Safety in Canada

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RSV 2010 launched: 2002

RSV 2010 target (2,064)

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RSS 2015 launched: 2011

Improvement in Canada’s Level of Road Safety Over Three National Road Safety Plans Traffic Fatalities 1996-2011

Road Safety in Canada

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RSV 2001 launched: 1996

RSV 2010 launched: 2002

RSS 2015 launched: 2011

RSV 2010 target (11,607)

2011 (10,835)

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Improvement in Canada’s Level of Road Safety Over Three National Road Safety Plans Serious Injuries 1996-2011

A National Safety Code CCMTA is the custodian of the National Safety Code in Canada

National Safety Code contains 15 Standards and was developed in 1988 by the member jurisdictions of CCMTA in conjunction with the motor carrier industry

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Driver Licencing Motor Carrier Regulatory Framework

NSC #1 - Single Driver Licence Concept NSC #7 - Carrier and Driver Profiles

NSC #2 - Knowledge and Performance Tests NSC #9 - Hours of Service

NSC #3 - Driver Examiner Training Program NSC #10 - Cargo Securement

NSC #4 - Classified Driver Licensing System NSC #11 - PMVI

NSC #5 - Self-Certification Standard and Procedures

NSC #12 - CVSA Inspections

NSC #6 - Medical Standards for Drivers NSC #13 - Trip Inspections

NSC #8 - Short Term Suspensions NSC #14 - Safety Rating

NSC #15 - Facility Audits

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Canadian Driver Licence Agreement

Canadian Driver Licence Compact in place since 1990 Supports the One-Driver, One-Licence, One-Record concept Facilitates the exchange of Driver Licences, Driver Information and Convictions between Canadian Provinces and Territories Canada is working on an enhanced agreement – the CDLA CDLA enhances and strengthens

Use of secure documents and processes Establishes true identity and legal presence Expands the information exchange on convictions

Interprovincial Records Exchange System (IRE)

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1988 1990 1997 2005 2009 2012 2015

Re-developed with over

50,000,000 transactions

predicted per year

Initiated by the Jurisdictions to transact data

for greater road safety

Agreement for internal

(jurisdictional) use finalized –

A truly National System

Expanding team with a goal to

rebuild the system on a

“modern platform”

Auto Manufacturers

brought on system for

Safety Recalls

System Access Allowed to 3rd

Party users that meet mandate

requirements

Major systems overhaul with system usage

exceeding 20,000,000 per

year

Interprovincial Records Exchange System (IRE)

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• 43,000,000 transactions last year • The same volume as a small banking system

• Runs 24/7/365

• Been in existence for 25 years • It was cutting edge technology when first developed

• Has been updated regularly since inception

• Does not capture, alter nor keep data • Acts only to transact data

• The primary user group is Provinces and Territories • Other users access the system but it is engineered to ensure the Provincial and

Territorial data takes precedence

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CCMTA Web 2.0

New Website Knowledge Management

Portal

Social Media

CCMTA is developing tools to facilitate the capture, sharing, and exchange of knowledge. New tools will provide a platform for members to collaborate in a virtual environment and to communicate among each other in an efficient way.

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Our Vision

The safest and most efficient movement of people and goods by road in the world

Our Mission

To provide a national forum for development of public policy and programs for road safety and driver and vehicle

licensing