How much would it take.

It is called GST short for Goods and Services Tax.
Yes BC is an expensive place to live, but if people are making good money they have a great lifestyle here.

 

Lets see. One of em i know is around 23 yrs. The other is 3 generations. Theyll probably still be in it long after im done.

 

I pay their medical 100%, and they can buy into a group dental and group life insurance program if they want to. It is a lot cheaper than if they got dental and life on their own. I also give them free coveralls both summer and insulated winter ones, and a service picks them up and washes them twice a month, plus up to $400 a year footwear allowance if they bring me a receipt. Christmas bonus is a $1000 gift card to Save on Foods, but they can also get a gas station card if they work me with the local Chevron station because I worked out a deal with them, and they get 5% off everything they buy at the Chevron from gas/diesel, oil, snacks etc. Heck i do little things to like lend them a company pickup to move, tow their boat occasionally, haul some firewood, etc. I bet those mega carriers don't do that sort of stuff. I also made my drivers a promise that they will never be away from home for more than 5 nights, and put up in decent motels, and fed. My staff are also my friends, not just a number. I own 3 houses in town I rent out to staff, and 2 employees actually live in my basement suite and pay cheap rent. I find they will do anything for me no questions asked, because they respect me as much as i respect them. My seasonal employees tend to come back every year as well that work in the pit. They work hard about 7 or 8 months a year, then are laid off every winter when i shut the pit down. My heavy equipment operators often get laid off all winter to, but are ready to go again every spring, very low turn over for seasonal employees.

 

Each driver decides for himself. Cost of living & expenses vary wildly across the country.

 

The trucks serve their quarries.

 

I personally know a guy that has 5 trucks... Pulls grain trains here in Idaho, 99% local. Between barley amd fertilizer he stays busy all year round, and most of his runs are under 100 miles round trip. I'm not sure what he gets on grain loads but he gets about $10 a ton for fertilizer... Doesnt take many trips to rake in a butt load of cash when you can turn 5 to 7 trips per truck per day. All really nice equipment with custom paint too. Sometimes he even pulls double lead trailers instead of the traditional A-trains