Mark Bylsma

President of Spring Creek Carriers OTA executive board member CTA board member

[Mark McQueen @markrmcqueen]

Since 2019, the @liberal_party has granted nearly 100 trucking companies approval to hire temporary foreign workers, despite history of safety infractions, labour violations and other regulatory failures, a Globe and Mail investigation has found. /via @globeandmail https://t.co/5kR9KBtiNA

[OTA @OnTruck]

The Joy Smith Foundation @JoySmithFdn & OTA Partner to Address Forced Labour in Ontario’s Trucking Industry https://t.co/qh4UJCTmz1

[CTA @CanTruck]

"The millions of illegal dollars saved by (Driver Inc) companies translates into billions of dollars of lost revenue for (Canadians)."
- Mariam Abou-Dib, Director of Government Affairs for @TeamstersCanada
Put an end to lawlessness in trucking at https://t.co/7nrq1r6x5e

[CTA @CanTruck]

The Canadian trucking industry is in crisis. Canadian motorists are at risk. Help restore law and order to trucking. Have your say at https://t.co/JGlCmlUKGI #driverinc #restoretrucksafety #endlawlessness

[OTA @OnTruck]

Underpaid and untrained drivers are crossing our borders every day. Contraband is slipping through. And every day the Carney government ignores it, the damage grows - to our economy, our safety, and Canada’s global reputation. https://t.co/WKBVi7AkNB

[CTA @CanTruck]

Trucking fraud is draining $5.2 billion a year from Canadians - money meant for hospitals, schools, and essential public services. Demand an end to the lawlessness on our highways which is robbing Canadians of critical support at https://t.co/5zwcrG01uc #endtruckinglawlnessness #stopdriverinc

[CTA @CanTruck]

The Ministers of Labour, Immigration, and Revenue all know what’s happening: workers are being exploited, taxes are being dodged, and unsafe trucks are all over our highways and crossing borders. But no one is stepping in. Almost no enforcement. No accountability. @FP_Champagne @PattyHajdu @LenaMetlegeDiab let them know you are fed up with lawlessness on our roads https://t.co/5zwcrG01uc

[OTA @OnTruck]

"We know the Govt has bills to pay, but what’s important is that it collects from everyone fairly and equally." - @OnTruck Chair Mark Bylsma of Spring Creek carriers. Put an end to the scheme that deliberately avoids paying taxes and abuses workers. https://t.co/LJYur8Ihx5

[OTA @OnTruck]

Ontario's trucking industry is in crisis. Motorists are at risk. Help restore law and order to trucking. Have your say at https://t.co/Wkfc9GmixH #driverinc #restoretrucksafety #endlawlessness

[CBC News @CBCNews]

Canadian Trucking Alliance is renewing calls for the federal government to pump the brakes on what it says is a $1-billion scam it calls "Driver Inc." https://t.co/TsadV6ru8c

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations to the Right Honourable Mark Carney @MarkJCarney being sworn in as Canada’s 24th PM. The Canadian Trucking Alliance looks forward to working with you and your team, to address US tariff threats, removing inter-provincial trade barriers, eliminate the carbon tax and bringing needed enforcement to the trucking underground economy.

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations to the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc @DLeBlancNB for being named Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and president of the King’s Privy Council for Canada. CTA looks forward to working with you to ensure our nation’s trade with the United States is tariff-free and remains strong.

[CTA @CanTruck]

We congratulate the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, @FP_Champagne Minister of Finance. The Canadian Trucking Alliance looks forward to working with you to make much needed changes to our tax system to make trucking more competitive and productive.

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations to the Honourable Anita Anand @AnitaAnandMP on her appointment as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. CTA would like to thank her for her efforts in her previous posting to help the trucking industry begin the process of eliminating inter-provincial trade barriers in our sector.

[CTA @CanTruck]

We extend our congratulations to the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, @cafreeland Minister of Transport and Internal Trade. CTA looks forward to working with you to make our industry safer, more efficient and productive. The inter-provincial trucking pilot is an action item that CTA is looking forward to working with you on.

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations, to the Honourable Steven MacKinnon, @stevenmackinnon Minister of Jobs and Families on your reappointment as Minister responsible for labour matters. CTA looks forward to building upon the work you have done to date in helping tackle the out-of-control misclassification issue in our sector that is hurting workers and companies that are dedicated to preserving the integrity of the Labour Code.

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations to the Honourable Terry Duguid, @TerryDuguid Minister of Environment and Climate Change. CTA looks forward to working with you to bring sound regulations that will reduce emissions from our sector. CTA hopes one of your first actions will be to support the removal of the carbon tax and begin reviewing the technology challenges and issues associated with GHG regulations on heavy trucks.

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations to the Honourable Rachel Bendayan, @RachelBendayan Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. CTA looks forward to improving immigration programs that will protect the many truck drivers being abused by the underground economy. Newcomers to Canada deserve better, and we look forward to working with you to protect these workers and keeping Canada’s trade moving.

[CTA @CanTruck]

Congratulations to the Honourable Élisabeth Brière, @ElisabethBriere Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency. CTA looks forward to working with you to restoring law and order to our sector regarding the tax code – it’s time to focus enforcement on PSBs in trucking, blitzes on trucking companies wrongly using PSBs and restoring enforcement on T4As. Time to end the out-of-control underground economy in trucking.