As an alliance, we really haven't looked at that aspect from the Government of Canada. Other provincial associations may advocate down that avenue. Our board hasn't examined that particular issue.
I can assure you that driver pay has gone up over 20% to 30% over the last two years. Incentives have gone up. Companies work with their drivers to pick routes they want to go to. There are market solutions to this. They're being worked on. From the Government of Canada, we really need training dollars to help onboard people onto the trucks very quickly. It's our number one priority with regard to what we'll call incentives.
Just because you have a driver's license that qualifies you to operate a tractor trailer, that doesn't mean you're ready to work in the trucking industry. That comes with significant cost. Many sectors have apprenticeship-type onboarding programs. We have zero access to those types of programs and those dollars. That needs to change.
Those are the programs that we would like to see move forward with the Government of Canada and the trucking industry. Again, let's not reward the underground economy and give dollars to those companies. Let's give the dollars to vetted trucking companies that follow safety practices and maintain high labour standards.