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Bill 93, Truck Driver Training Schools Accountability Act, 2026

Vanthof, John

Bourgouin, Guy

Mamakwa, Sol

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EXPLANATORY

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The

Bill amends the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005

by adding a new

section 53.1. The new

section requires certain inspections to

be undertaken in respect of driving schools that provide truck driver (Class

A) training programs. Those inspections are to be carried out jointly with

inspectors appointed under

section 58.2 of the Highway

Traffic Act . After an inspection, the inspectors are required to provide

an inspection report to the Minister and the Minister of Transportation and the

Minister is required to publish the results of the inspection. The Bill also amends

section 58.1 of the Highway Traffic Act by adding

new subsection (16), which requires inspectors appointed under

section 58.2 of

that Act to conduct inspections under

section 53.1 of the Ontario

Career Colleges Act, 2005 .

Bill 93 2026

Act to amend the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005 and the Highway Traffic Act

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Ontario Career Colleges Act,

2005 is amended by adding the following section:

Truck

driver training programs

53.1

(1) If a

policy directive is made under

section 53 in respect of truck driver (Class

A) training programs, the Minister shall ensure that driving schools that are

licensed under

section 58.1 of the Highway Traffic Act

and that provide such training programs are inspected at the following times:

1. In

the case of a driving school that has been licensed for fewer than five years,

at least once every six months.

2. In

the case of a driving school that has been licensed for five or more years, at

least once every calendar year.

Inspectors

(2) The

Minister may appoint one or more persons as inspectors for the purposes of this

section, and such inspectors shall have the powers of the Superintendent under

section 38 , with such necessary modifications.

Joint

inspections, Highway Traffic Act

(3) An

inspection under this

section shall be conducted jointly with an inspector

appointed under

section 58.2 of the Highway Traffic Act .

Inspection

report

(4) Within

two weeks after an inspection under this section, the inspector appointed under

this

section and the inspector appointed under

section 58.2 of the Highway Traffic Act shall prepare a joint inspection

report and provide it to the Minister and the Minister of Transportation.

Publication

(5) The

Minister shall publish the results of the inspection on a website of the

Government of Ontario within 30 days of receiving an inspection report under

subsection (4).

Highway

Traffic Act

Section 58.1 of the Highway

Traffic Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Truck

driver training programs

(16) An

inspector appointed under

section 58.2 shall conduct such inspections as

required under

section 53.1 of the Ontario Career Colleges

Act, 2005 jointly with inspectors appointed for the purposes of that

section in accordance with that section.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Truck Driver Training

Schools Accountability Act, 2026 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

March 23, 2026

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

March 23, 2026

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

March 23, 2026

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading