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Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 12
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The Quebec trucking industry has been deregulated since January 1988, when the National Assembly passed a new transportation law, la 'Loi sur le camionnage' (L.R.Q., c.C-5.1). However, the real cause of changes in the Quebec legislation comes initially from the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, enacted by the American Congress. By relying on market forces to determine the conduct of the motor carrier industry, the American legislation has undoubtedly had repercussions on the Canadian trucking industry through various channels. Because the Canadian institutional framework differs from the American arrangement in that there is no Pan-Canadian regulation as such, the federal government had to pass new transportation legislation, namely the Motor Vehicle Transport Act (S.C. 1987, C.35), to initiate such a move. In short, the federal government took the initiative in this matter. It may have come as a surprise, because the Canadian Parliament had delegated its legislative authority to regulate interprovincial and international public trucking activity to each respective province as far back as 1953. The purpose of this paper is to assess, on a preliminary basis, the main effects of this new policy whose objective is to promote competition in an industry which was formally regulated over the last 37 years. The following approach has been used: Section 2 briefly describes what the prevailing situation was in the Quebec industry prior to the new Trucking Act of 1988. A number of studies of American trucking deregulation are analyzed in Section 3 to see if transitional and/or long term effects which occured there may also take place in Quebec, mutatis mutandis. Section 4 presents and assesses the changes which have taken place since deregulation. However, before examining their impacts, this paper will also describe how the American deregulation has indirectly influenced the Canadian context, leading to successive new federal and provincial transportation legislation. Finally, the author attempts to relate those changes to the deregulation phenomenon and its ultimate effects on the expectations of the people involved in the industry (truckers and shippers, as well as politicians). For the covering abstract of the Conference, see IRRD Abstract No. 807758.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 12
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The Quebec trucking industry has been deregulated since January 1988, when the National Assembly passed a new transportation law, la 'Loi sur le camionnage' (L.R.Q., c.C-5.1). However, the real cause of changes in the Quebec legislation comes initially from the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, enacted by the American Congress. By relying on market forces to determine the conduct of the motor carrier industry, the American legislation has undoubtedly had repercussions on the Canadian trucking industry through various channels. Because the Canadian institutional framework differs from the American arrangement in that there is no Pan-Canadian regulation as such, the federal government had to pass new transportation legislation, namely the Motor Vehicle Transport Act (S.C. 1987, C.35), to initiate such a move. In short, the federal government took the initiative in this matter. It may have come as a surprise, because the Canadian Parliament had delegated its legislative authority to regulate interprovincial and international public trucking activity to each respective province as far back as 1953. The purpose of this paper is to assess, on a preliminary basis, the main effects of this new policy whose objective is to promote competition in an industry which was formally regulated over the last 37 years. The following approach has been used: Section 2 briefly describes what the prevailing situation was in the Quebec industry prior to the new Trucking Act of 1988. A number of studies of American trucking deregulation are analyzed in Section 3 to see if transitional and/or long term effects which occured there may also take place in Quebec, mutatis mutandis. Section 4 presents and assesses the changes which have taken place since deregulation. However, before examining their impacts, this paper will also describe how the American deregulation has indirectly influenced the Canadian context, leading to successive new federal and provincial transportation legislation. Finally, the author attempts to relate those changes to the deregulation phenomenon and its ultimate effects on the expectations of the people involved in the industry (truckers and shippers, as well as politicians). For the covering abstract of the Conference, see IRRD Abstract No. 807758.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation, and Privatization Publisher: ISBN: Category : Small business Languages : en Pages : 244
Author: Daniel Madar Publisher: UBC Press ISBN: 0774842350 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 254
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Canada and the United States exchange the world's highest level of bilateral trade, valued at $1.4 billion a day. Two-thirds of this trade travels on trucks. Heavy Traffic examines the way in which the regulatory reform of American and Canadian trucking, coupled with free trade, has internationalized this vital industry. Before deregulation, restrictive entry rules had fostered two separate national highway transportation markets, and most international traffic had to be exchanged at the border. When the United States deregulated first, the imbalance between its opened market and Canada's still-restricted one produced a surprisingly difficult bilateral dispute. American deregulation was motivated by domestic incentives, but the subsequent Canadian deregulation blended domestic incentives with transborder rate comparisons and concerns about trade competitiveness. Daniel Madar shows that deregulation created a de facto regime of free trade in trucking services. Removing regulatory barriers has enabled Canadian and American carriers to follow the expansion of transborder traffic that began with the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and continues with NAFTA. The services available with deregulated trucking have also supported sweeping changes in industrial logistics. As transborder traffic has surged, the two countries' carriers -- from billion-dollar corporations to family firms -- have exploited the latitude provided by deregulation. This book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the policy processes and economic conditions that led to trucking deregulation. As a study in public policy formation and the international effects of reform, it will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, international relations, and transportation.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation Publisher: ISBN: Category : Trucking Languages : en Pages : 368
Author: George Williams Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351895125 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 180
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In the fast-changing theatre of air transportation, the strategic development of airlines and the operating economics of scheduled airline services have been transformed, following the profound impact of US deregulation. The lessons gleaned from the US experience, including effective ways of constraining rivals, have quickly been adopted by carriers facing the opening up to competition of their own local markets. In addition, in response to the hunt by the successful US survivors for further international traffic, carriers have been forced to emulate certain tactics adopted by these megacarriers, virtually irrespective of their own government’s regulatory stance. The economics of the sector, particularly with regard to revenue generation, has resulted in increased market concentration. In the longer term, prospects for competition remain unclear, given the likely existence of only a small number of similarly endowed, globally alligned megacarriers. This book explores the impact of deregulation policies on key areas of the airline industry, analyzes the response of incumbent carriers to economic freedom and examines whether or not it is possible to devise a pro-competitive regulatory strategy for this sector. The author provides the reader with a clear explanation as to: ¢ why airline deregulation policies have produced a number of unanticipated outcomes; ¢ why low-cost new entrants have been unable to survive under deregulation; ¢ why the impact of airline deregulation has differed between the USA and Western Europe. Using this analysis as a basis, he explores the future development of the sector, indicating the likely future trends towards globalization. He also argues that a competitive marketplace is not a guaranteed outcome of full deregulation and suggests an alternative approach. The book is of special interest to those members engaged in the airline industry, regulatory authorities and government departments of transport and industry. It wil
Author: Paul Stephen Dempsey Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 22
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Part I of this section presents a brief history of regulation in the motor carrier *529 industry-leading up to and beyond the enactment of the MCA. Part II distinguishes the Truckload and Less-Than-Truckload sectors of the motor carrier industry in order for the reader to fully understand Parts III and IV, which analyze the impact of the MCA's deregulatory effect on the industry in general and on the LTL sector, respectively. In addition, Part IV presents one aspect of the MCA that continues to be particularly troubling to LTLs-the rate bureau system and the filed tariff doctrine.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
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The trucking industries in Canada and the United States have been deregulated on national bases for many years now. Transborder deregulation, however, has not yet been achieved; even in the midst of trade agreements designed to allow for greater ease in moving goods across the Canada-U.S. border. The existence of cabotage regulations, which limit the transport activity of a foreign truck driver and his tractor-trailer while on domestic soil, is a major impediment to transborder deregulation. Chapter 1 provides a history of trucking regulation and deregulation in Canada and the United States along with a discussion concerning how the Canada-U.S. Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement have brought the issue of transborder trucking to the fore. Cabotage regulations are carefully outlined and evaluated while the recent "reforms" to these regulations are appraised in the light of potential efficiency gains to transborder truckers. Because of the complicated nature of these regulations, a survey of Canadian trucking firms is provided in order to gauge understanding, compliance and attitudes toward reform. The results obtained impact on the economic theory of regulation that, in general, states that firms understand, and even influence, the body of regulations under which they operate. In chapter 2, a model of the for-hire trucking industry is developed in order to establish the welfare gain accruing from deregulation. The model is also used to show the further welfare gain that is expected to arise from cabotage reform. A supply-side approach is developed using the for-hire industry combined with a representaive trucking firm. The demand-side is developed combining the fronthaul and backhaul markets so that inferences with respect to cabotage reform may be had. The combined supply and demand models provide a useful means for comparing the welfare effects of regulatory change. The implications of the complete model are extended, in chapter 3, by use of.
Author: Leon N. Moses Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019534524X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 357
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Recent legislation deregulating the airline and trucking industries has enhanced competition and reduced real transportation prices by putting pressure on firms to operate more efficiently. Yet, with the entry of many new small airlines and trucking firms facing the financial pressures of competition, many legislators fear that public safety will be reduced due to compromises in maintenance, equipment replacement, recruitment and training. This volume examines the theoretical and empirical issues involved in the debate on the relationship between safety and economic performance in the airline and trucking industries. Contributors discuss such factors as the role of government as provider of safety oversight personnel and airport and road space quality, and conclude that the government has not acted quickly enough to provide the additional safety resources to meet the changed needs of the two industries, though the evidence does not support the notion that deregulation has compromised safety.
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation, and Privatization
Author: Daniel Madar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
Author: Darren James Prokop
Author: George Williams
Author: Paul Stephen Dempsey
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Author: Leon N. Moses
Author: Richard Jonathan Lande