Things really need to change. Driver Inc. is causing a lot of issues within our sector. It is forcing drivers out. We have professional drivers now who are questioning why they're doing it. We have drivers who are refusing to run Highway 11/17 through northern Ontario because they don't want to die on those roads.
I can tell you that in the span of six months, I was hit three times on Highway 11/17 through northern Ontario. One of those times I was pushed right into the rock cut. That's scary, especially when your teammate is sleeping in the bunk.
We really need to do something about these drivers who are coming in from these companies. It needs to stop.
We are seeing where their trucks are breaking down. I had a female driver who was stranded in B.C. She was out of Ontario. It was Christmastime and her carrier told her, it's your problem, not mine. She reached out for help. CBSA had taken her truck out of service. There she was, sitting with no place to go, in a truck that didn't run and it was freezing cold outside. I flew that driver home.