C-385An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Transport Act
Private member's bill, introduced in the House of Commons on March 19, 2024
- Status
- At second reading in the House of Commons since March 19, 2024
What it does
Sets hours-of-service rules for extra-provincial motor carriers and exempts certain livestock and insect trips from those counts near trip endpoints.
What it does
- Creates daily driving and on-duty limits for drivers of extra-provincial motor carrier undertakings, based on hours set by regulation.
- Requires drivers to take prescribed off-duty hours before driving again after reaching the daily driving or on-duty limit.
- Defines a driver’s day as a 24-hour period that starts at a carrier-designated hour, if that start time is used for at least seven straight days.
- Exempts hours spent within 240 kilometres of the origin or final destination of a trip from service-hour counts when the driver is transporting livestock or insects.
- Gives regulations power to define terms such as driver, on-duty time and off-duty time, and to prescribe other matters under the Act.
Who it affects
- Extra-provincial motor carriers
- Commercial truck drivers
- Livestock transport drivers
- Insect transport drivers
Background
The bill amends the Motor Vehicle Transport Act and adds new rules under its hours-of-service provisions.
Where it is
House of Commons
First reading
Completed.
Second reading
Current stage. Now here
Committee
Not reached.
Report stage
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Senate
First reading
Not reached.
Second reading
Not reached.
Committee
Not reached.
Third reading
Not reached.
Royal assent
Royal assent
Not reached.
Introduced by an MP who is not a minister. These bills compete in a lottery for debate time, and most do not become law. How a bill becomes law
How the House voted
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LEGISinfo status: Outside the Order of Precedence. Bill data from LEGISinfo, votes from openparliament.ca and the House of Commons. Last updated October 13, 2026.