I am looking here at the Canadian Trucking Alliance's prediction of a shortage of as many as 48,000 drivers in Canada by 2024.
My question is not to take anything away from what you've put on the table today. I think it's a very serious problem we're facing right now, one that will only stay with us. It's just that I'm the sort of person who wants to think ahead, and I think it's the responsible thing to do here. If we were going to go ahead and make these changes, I want to make sure that they would have a real positive impact and elicit the sorts of results that you and other folks in the sector are looking for.
I want to stay on trucking here, if I could. I'm reading the analysis put forward recently by the Day & Ross Transportation Group. They're based in New Brunswick, and I wonder if this is something that you're also facing. They say that there's a worldwide shortage of labour in the trucking industry, but people don't realize that it's not just drivers. They track emissions efficiency, behaviour, location, and do all sorts of complex things, and they need people in IT, finance, accounting and dispatch.
When it comes to shortages in the trucking sector, is it true that it's not just drivers, but shortages in the sector as a whole? Is that something you've faced in your business?