What is the difference Mexican/Candian

so basically, no one can give me a "reasonable" answer as to what the difference is between Canadian and Mexican truckers running in the U.S., they both take jobs/revenus away from Americans...interesting as to why a lot of of folks support OOIDA and their bias towards Mexican truck drivers...

I am definately not a fan of of either "Canadian-Mexican Trucking"" but it does intrique me as to why the OOIDA and it's members are?

 

Mexican drivers bring down the rate of pay in the States, because they are willing to work for almost nothing
Canadian drivers demand and earn more so they will not hurt our rate of pay

 

documentation to support that statement? I am not for or againist either...I just see more and more canadians over here hauling our freight and yet we allow that to happen?

 

Are you sure about the Canadians hauling your freight?

Most are regulated to only haul back to Canada. They can pick up at a couple of places, but only deliver to Canada. It is the same way for us in Canada as well.

Some of the Canadians with dual citizenship are allowed to pickup and deliver within the states.

 

For many years I dropped freight in Blain Wa. to be taken into Canada. The said freight got there in One of our company trucks driven By a Local canadian driver who shuttled freight all day and the system worked. Why they changed it is beyond me. The same went for freight going to mexico, that worked as well. I say we go back to that system. I see no need for either country's drivers to be running in thee U.S. I see no reason for us to run in either country.

 

HA, that statement is WAY too high. Try $4-$11 a day in Mexico!

 

How about this.....
Canadians actually leave and go back home to Canada....

Canadians don't come here with one hand in the upward position and the other making a slapping motion as to say "put your money here"......

Canadians don't come here to change the culture either.......even those from Quebec..... they actullay speak English......

 

Seeing Canadians hauling freight in the U.S. sounds like a good thing to me.
A Canadian truck is either hauling freight from Canada to a U.S. receiver, which means the receiever gets the goods he needs to keep his operation running.
Or he may be running U.S. made products to Canada so the U.S. manufacturer can sell his products, thus keeping his operation going.
Or it may be a load of oranges from Florida, destined for a market in Toronto, which I am sure you don't want to leave in a drop yard in Buffalo in January.
Canadian truckers do Not haul freight from one U.S. city to be dropped in another U.S. city, or Florida oranges to be dropped in N.Y.C.
I know this is a simplified version of Canadian-U.S. trade, but some people need it kept simple.

 

I do know some Canadians that do some hauling of the freight within the states. They have dual citizenship. It is why they say they can do it.

 

For those that think drop yards at the border are a good idea, I took this from Wikipedia. Imagine the logistics nightmare, especially since a lot of industry runs on "just in time" delivery schedules.
This is only for the Ambassador bridge, at the Detroit Windsor border.

"The four-lane bridge carries more than 10,000 commercial vehicles on a typical weekday. When a major redesign of the U.S. plaza is completed in 2009, the bridge will provide direct access to and from Interstate 75 and Interstate 96 on the U.S. side and direct access to Highway 3 (and indirectly with Highway 401) on the Canadian side"