Tax deductions for company OTR truck drivers?

I was reading up on the CRA about something unrelated when I stumbled on this post about meal and lodging expenses for long haul drivers.

Meal expenses of long-haul truck drivers - Canada.ca

I thought that only owner ops could deduct costs like this and whenever I talk to company OTR drivers they seem to have no idea about this.
It's straight off the government of Canada website and specifies "You are a long-haul truck driver if you are an employee whose main duty of employment is transporting goods by way of driving a long-haul truck" They use the word employee so they are not talking about self-employed owner ops.

I've been driving local so this is something I never looked into, after coming back after a 2 month lay off my company is falling apart. So I'm looking to go OTR and do West-Coast with another company.

If what this is saying is true 'meal and beverage expenses are deductible at 80%.' This could have a big impact on my income and would change the way I'd operate so I want to know in advance if any of you are doing this?

 

Thanks for the replies, it seems like a bunch of people are missing out on this because every OTR driver I talk to around here says something like 'oh that doesn't seem right'.

One more question; do these meals have to be bought from a franchise?Like do I have to go to a place that cooks me the meals like a Tim Hortons or can I go to a grocery store/wal-mart and buy $17 worth of food (like produce/meat - not pre packaged stuff) and beverages and cook it up myself?