Stop Temporary Foreign Workers

Well yea but they're soul less vampires who don't care about you me or the guy who has nothing in his pockets or refrigerator

 

Alot cheaper to live in the prairies! I just bought a condo for 242 grand in a suburb. Prob the cost of a house in Manitoba lol

 

Or you should improve your skills to a higher earning capacity profession. Trucking is not a red seal trade and the pay reflects the "unskilled" nature of this job. Even in the oil and gas industry driving is not a recognized skill. The equipment you operate on the truck may be but the driving part is not. Not as far as recognized qualifications are concerned anyway.
The only thing they are paying you a higher wage in the patch for is your inconvenience of working there. Without the inconveniences of remote areas, long shifts and ###### working conditions this isn't any harder than a city LTL job. I know, I've done both and hauling crude is a walk in the park compared to city LTL in Winnipeg downtown all day with a 53 footer and a highway tractor, yet I make double the $ hauling crude....why is that?

 

And don't say TFW because they are in the patch as much as they are in the cities!

 

Wrong again, look at the price of houses in Winnipeg or Brandon. Try Winkler/Morden area, that's the fastest growing area of a province outside Alberta. Not exactly cheap. And wages are nowhere near the rates they are in Alberta.

 

Why then are you so hell bent on kicking down the TFW if you're doing so well for yourself? Obviously you aren't being affected by them.

 

Gas,food,vehicle costs,medical, dental etc are no cheaper in the prairies. Cost of living for me here in Alberta is no different except for rent. But that's affordable on my income. Therefore the wages are in line with the cost of living, not as bad as you make out and I'm by no means "Doomed" to live here. I chose to relocate here for the better opportunities. I still don't see the validity of your argument that TFW's have driven down wages.
Once again answer this: "How has the TFW affected you so badly?"
You obviously make a decent income, you have a nice condo, from a previous post I read you have a nice pick up truck. You got all these things through working hard and that's good for you. So answer why you are so determined to stop others less fortunate than yourself from achieving these same luxuries and lifestyle as you?

 

Or would you prefer not to answer and want us to just stop picking on you and let you spew your rhetorical TFW crap in peace?

 

I'm not a fan if the TFW program but gotta say there is more white Canadians driving for 7 nickels a mile than there is any other race. Why not blame them too? It's all guys trying to squeak out a living. The blood suckers know this and take advantage of it. I did it but not for long.. Fortunately for my family and myself I had the option to find something better not every one has the option to do that. It seems trucking in general other than oilfield work is and always will be a low paying job with a few exceptions. We all have the option not to drive plain and simple. The time we put into complaining and whining about the industry would be better spent finding a better paying career. Not one of us has a gun to our head to get behind the wheel for peanuts. Let's look at ourselves before blaming anyone else. We can't even blame the cheap pricks that think it's okay to pay these horrible rates cause all their doing is "offering" us a job, we don't have to take it. Wage is not gonna change either accept and stop blaming others and complaining or find a better paying career. If you have the well paying trucking job quit complaining.

 

economic necessity is the equivalent of a gun to ones head- a lot of drivers come from rural areas where there are not many jobs avalable and commuting to a job is simply not possible- they take to the road as a means to make a living, because money doesnt just fall out of the sky, and maintaining dignity and self respect costs money. trucking is just one of those things people see as a means to earn a living. people have a right to expect a reasonable standard of living- considering how many are stuck in otr world- they really deserve to be able to afford a dentist, proper food and such. really, turning a cold shoulder to our brothers and sisters on the road is not right. this is one job where you can work a lifetime and make one mistake.... I think a certain amount of respect is due. I think it is only fair for workers to see a proper return for their time. Further, you shouldnt castigate them for voicing their unhappiness- it is a "free country" we have a "right" to "free speech"- and in a democracy, things dont happen with one person alone, but they can start with just one.