Visa Change’s For Foreign Drivers

Step in the right direction safety wise for sure. However trucking also needs a step in the right direction about the companies paying the funny wages…. It’s sad to see a Punjabi getting paid 60cpm who used to drive a camel back home 3 weeks ago. And an American 48cpm who had to go through extensive cdl training.

 

In Canada about 85% of CDL holders are East Indian truckers. I'm now wondering after reading this article Canada body urges govt action after US halts worker visas for truck drivers: ‘Must view this as a wakeup call’ | Today News Will Canada take the same stance and will it affect the Carriers going into the Usa? Especially considering that the ratio of Canadian Carriers going into the Usa oppose to Americans going into Canada is around 70:1 it's become a serous question.

U.S. pause on visa requirements may affect Ontario truckers | insauga

 

You can thank people like Bezos who control the politicians. Instead of being content with a few billion, he wants a few trillion and he needs to build more super yachts so the answer is to import people who will work for half price and half the sleep. The lives lost don't matter. He need a bigger yacht and bigger boobs and another face lift for his new wife.

 

So the powers of gov't, which created this problem, are now expected to fix it? For us?

 

Nobody is forcing those Amazon contractors to work for their rates. Those guys choose to do it
They can have it.

 

Supply and demand.

They flood the market with cheap labor

 

When is the last time you ordered something from Amazon that you could live without?

 

It's hard to compete with illegals. Imagine if you could just make up a name and work free of all rules and regulations. Seems like a dream for the world's criminals.