New safety rules for Canada's school buses |
In a significant move towards enhancing student safety, all new Canadian school buses will be required to implement perimeter visibility systems by November 1, 2027. Gatekeeper Systems Inc. has secured contracts worth approximately C$450,000 ($328,000) to equip school buses in Alberta, Manitoba, and British Columbia with advanced mobile data collectors and video technology under its Platform-as-a-Service model. Doug Dyment, Gatekeeper’s president and chief executive, expressed enthusiasm about the company's growing market share, stating, “Once our PaaS platform is installed on a school bus, it becomes easy to add new safety solutions in the future.” The new regulation from Transport Canada is expected to impact over 65,000 school buses and cost an estimated C$196m between 2024 and 2036. Gatekeeper is also expanding its financial capabilities to support this initiative and other large projects.