November 2025

The CCMTA Fall Program Committee Meetings wrapped up in Ottawa, ON, November 4 and 5, 2025.

Here are a few highlights of the progress achieved:  

• Canada’s new Road Safety Strategy has been approved by the Council of Deputy Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety and will be presented to the Council of Ministers for approval in February 2026. Members discussed the finalization of the implementation plan. 
   
• A National Collision Data Roadmap is in development to improve the quality, consistency, and accessibility of collision data. This roadmap will inform effective road safety research, programming, and policy decision-making. A final report is expected in early 2026. 
   
• From Feedback to Action: Strengthening carrier safety oversight across Canada. The Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety (COMT) tasked CCMTA to analyze the current challenges of the Safety Fitness Certificate (SFC). After industry consultation this past September, CCMTA members are working hard to modernize and amend National Safety Code (NSC) Standard 7 (on Carrier and Driver Profiles), NSC Standard 14 (Safety Ratings), and NSC 15 (Facility Audits). CCMTA is on track to provide an update to the Council of Ministers in February, engage further with industry, and finalize by September 2026. 
   
• As directed by Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety to support trucking harmonization, members discussed how to make recommendations to develop guidelines to support jurisdictions in implementing NSC 16 on Commercial Truck Driver Entry Level Training (Class 1) and how, within CCMTA’s mandate, opportunities could be identified to coordinate national efforts addressing the misclassification of commercial vehicle drivers. 
   
• Members considered best practices developed by CCMTA in guiding jurisdictions to mitigate stolen vehicle activity and discussed how best to support jurisdictions in this space as well as receiving evidence-based medical fitness considerations in support of safe drivers for safe roads. Productive discussions were also held around proposed improvements to the collaborative process of jurisdictional scans. 
   
• CCMTA is supporting jurisdictions in the safe and consistent integration of micromobility into road systems by developing a discussion paper to inform policy, regulation, and road safety considerations, drawing on national and international research and best practices. The paper has been reviewed, finalized, and is ready to be shared with the Board for approval. 
   
• In addition, members provided updates to their colleagues on priorities and activities they are undertaking to support road safety initiatives in their respective jurisdictions. 

CCMTA Fall Program Committee Meetings are working sessions for jurisdictional members and provide a forum for the development of modern and consistent standards, practices, and priorities.  

Together, we’re working to ensure Canada’s roads are the safest in the world.