[1] For 50 years, WESTAC members representing the private sector, government and labour have demonstrated leadership by working collectively to resolve the constraints and inefficiencies that undermine the performance of Western Canada's supply chain and transportation sector.
They include carriers and logistics providers, ports and terminals, shippers, labour unions, and three levels of government.
They focus on critical issues that affect Western Canada's freight transportation network to ensure that it is sustainable, safe, efficient, reliable, and competitive.
[citation needed] WESTAC was founded in 1973 by four western provincial transport ministers, Fred Peacock, Alex MacDonald, Leonard Evans, and Roy Romanow.
Other founding members include Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, Prince Rupert Port Authority (formerly Canada Harbour Commission) and Seaspan ULC.