Yes. There is a definite shortage. We need drivers to keep the Canadian economy moving. I am a first-generation Canadian, as well. My parents immigrated from Holland in 1954. When I got into the transport industry in 2000 and started into this program in 2004, I saw the need, definitely, when I saw the numbers at that time on where the shortage was going to be. We simply aren't producing the number of long-haul truck drivers in Canada, through the schools here, that is needed to sustain the economy, the way it's going.
On October 1st, 2018. See this statement in context.