CTEA "On the Radar" Podcast
"On the Radar" addresses issues that may be important to the trailer and vocational truck manufacturing industries. This can be anything from federal or provincial legislation that affects the sectors to world affairs that put stress on all businesses. We'll be talking with experts in various industries to get their thoughts on the topics of the day.
Episodes
15 episodes
Understanding the National Safety Mark
Any company manufacturing vehicles in Canada, or that vehicle ships from one province to another, must affix their National Safety Mark (NSM) number to those vehicles. As well, most provincial Highway Traffic Acts require companies affix an NSM...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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36:52
Building Corporate Performance Through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Tara Lehman of Netwomen joins Don to discuss the need for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) in the modern workplace. She will look at the benefits of considering DEIB for companies in recruiting and retaining talent in today’s ...
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25:52
CTEA 2023 Conference Highlights - Labour & Immigration Panel Pt. 3
This is the final instalment of our CTEA 2023 annual conference coverage. It's the final Labour and Immigration session featuring Marie-Josée Groulx , Director of strategic partnerships and integration for the New Brunswick provincial governmen...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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42:05
CTEA 2023 Conference Highlights - Labour & Immigration Panel Pt. 2
Episode 12 is a continuation of the previous episode. Julie Demers, Vice President of Legal Affairs & Human Capital at Manac, and Nathalie St-Pierre, the General Manager at Les Ateliers Beau-Roc, share their experiences with recruiting and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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34:11
CTEA 2023 Conference Highlights - Labour & Immigration Panel Pt. 1
We continue with highlights from this year's CTEA Annual Conference. The next three episodes feature the Labour and Immigration discussions. This episode is part 1 of a discussion with Julie Demers, Vice President of Legal Affairs & Human C...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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26:28
CTEA 2023 Conference Highlights - Trailer Builders Roundtable Pt. 2
This episode features the second half of the trailer manufacturers roundtable discussion, recorded at CTEA’s Annual Conference in September. The session was an hour long so we split it into two parts to make it a little more digestible. P...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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29:30
CTEA 2023 Conference Highlights - Trailer Builders Roundtable Pt. 1
This episode features the first half of the trailer manufacturers roundtable discussion, recorded at CTEA’s Annual Conference in September. The session was a full hour long, so we split it roughly in half to make it a little more d...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:55
The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Success Part 4 - Helping Manufacturers Move Toward Net Zero
Climate change is the most pressing problem of our generation. Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters estimates transitioning industry to net-zero will cost hundreds of billions of dollars. That transition will be a huge undertaking that can't ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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23:59
The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Success, Part 3 - Increasing Domestic Production, Exports
While Canada may have won the geographic lottery in sharing a border with the world's biggest economy, Canadian manufacturers have been less successful in cracking overseas markets. The United States consumes more that 80% of our exports, leavi...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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20:36
The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Success, Part 2: Investing in Innovation
Canada is the smallest country of the G7 nations, which makes it difficult to compete at scale with some of our trading partners -- particularly our neighbours to the south. We need a little help to stay competitive, but is it government’s role...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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19:34
The Four Pillars of Manufacturing Success, Part 1: A Skilled Workforce
The Canadian manufacturing sector has been kicking along pretty successfully for generations. But new challenges have emerged in recent years that could hinder the sector’s ability to perform at peak capacity: skills shortages, supply chain pro...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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24:59
Membership Matters; a conversation with CTEA President, Blair Norberg
Blair Norberg wears two big pairs of shoes. As vice-president of Western Canadian truck-upfitter, Falcon Equipment, he’s responsible for guiding his business through these turbulent times. As president of the Canadian Transportation Equipment A...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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20:16
Advocacy vs Lobbying: What’s the Difference?
How many times haves have you said, Gee, government need to do something about that. Well, government seldom moves of its own accord. There are armies of associations like CTEA and CM...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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22:19
CTEA & CME: Working Together to Advance Members’ Interests
The manufacturing sector constitutes about 11% to Canada’s GDP. It’s the single biggest output after real estate. It's incredibly important to Canada's wellbeing, but it’s highly segmented and spread far and wide across the country. Both the Ca...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:08
How Does the Super-power Trade Relationship Affect Canada?
EPISODE 1: The trade angst between the US and China doesn’t just affect the two countries and their business communities. When two superpowers who happen to be the number one and two economies on the planet go at one another it affects ev...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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