The following principles underly our conduct, mission and vision:
- Our members are our valued customers — we exist to serve them.
- Our business relationships are mutually beneficial.
- We conduct our affairs with integrity and in accordance with responsible business principles.
- We encourage and support open communications, teamwork, innovation and risk taking.
- We contribute to the growth, diversification and economic well being of British Columbia.
Goals
We strive to attain the following goals:
- To continue to broaden and strengthen BCTA's financial base.
- To improve the motor carrier industry's image with the public, governments at all levels and other organizations.
- To effectively represent the industry.
- To promote safety, compliance and consistent and fair enforcement.
- To enhance the supply of qualified human resources for the trucking industry.
- To encourage improved member participation.
- To continue to serve our members' needs.
Core Values
Our members have adopted the following core values as a reflection of the integrity with which BCTA and our membership will conduct business within our industry and our communities:
- We believe in fair competition in a free marketplace and a healthy business environment based on services and prices established in compliance with all laws and regulations.
- We conduct our businesses in a manner that respects the highest reasonable, fair and effective standards of public safety and environmental stewardship. Conversely, we expect government to address persistent and serious non-compliance swiftly, certainly and severely.
- We treat our workers, customers, governments and the public with respect and expect to be treated likewise.
- Laws and programs governing the operation of trucks and buses should be based on a comprehensive understanding of significant problems and effective, fair and efficient solutions while avoiding expensive and wasteful red tape that impairs productivity with no offsetting benefit.
- Advocacy by BCTA will be reasonable, responsible and informed and will be based on the needs of the industry as a whole, or significant sectors in the industry, and not the needs of individual carriers or companies.
- We subscribe to the protection of human rights. No individual or group of individuals within our influence is treated adversely or differently based on race, colour, religious belief, sexual orientation, gender or age.
- Our workers are our most valuable asset. We provide them with the tools, training and resources to allow them to carry out their duties in a safe and responsible manner, manage the impact of change and to succeed in an ever-evolving marketplace.