Do Canadian companies pay more than American ones?

Canadian Companies do not really do the "we'll take you and send you to school" thing like the US ones do. Most common is if you want to drive up here you get your training yourself then apply for an entry level job. Which will pay in the .32 to .38 range or so per mile. The overseas candidates must already have a license from their own country, generally with experience. They then get some retraining on Canadian regs and driving.

 

Are you a Canadian citizen?If so then they will hire you but I'm not sure about training.

 

Then you're S.O.L. in regards to running for a Canadian company.

 

Up here I was making .55/mile before I went on salary. Alot of the companies running super-b's and heavy haul are paying .65-.70/mile.

 

Not in the southern areas of Canada, you're not making that pulling joints.

 

Most guys I know pulling Super B's in Alberta & BC average around 50/mile, of course, that DOES depend on WHO you work for.

 

That's because Federal labour laws prohibit employers from keeping an employee by contract. Therefore in Canada a driver could train at carrier "A", get his license and immediately move to carrier "B" and carrier "A" would be left with nothing.

The American system may work in some ways but I see lots of negatives, slavery being one of them!

 

Not many places I know of will hire a 21 year old too.

I am making about .80 cpm to pull joints as you say.

 

Well, in Manitoba, you're not getting $0.80/mile to pull joints. But, it costs a lot less to live here too.