Absolutely. Thank you, sir.
One of my constituents wrote to me that he's been in the business over 20 years, and he had to get out of the business because of a lack of training for new drivers over the past decade. He said, “I'm scared to be on the road any longer.” Another constituent, a fleet manager, wrote to me and said, “I'm a second-generation business owner. I'm not only concerned for my family's future but all the families within Windsor-Essex that we and other law-abiding carriers in our community employ. These are professional truck drivers who are scared to be on the road and are scared for their families' safety.”
I'm wondering if you could speak to how the Driver Inc. model puts compliant truck-driving businesses at a severe disadvantage and, in turn, puts Canadians at risk on the roads, including my constituents, who are professional truck drivers scared to be on the road.
Specifically, what are the numbers, and how are compliant truck-driving businesses at a disadvantage?