On the road, we're able to identify those drivers easily, not because we're better, but because they're easy to see.
Drivers are speeding and aren't following the regulations requiring their vehicles to travel at a maximum speed of 105 km per hour. They're going to wander and they won't stay between the lines. In the towns, they don't know how to turn street corners properly. They'll drive up the curbs and tear down trees.
Yesterday, one of them was on the Victoria Bridge in Montreal. Trucks aren't allowed on that bridge because it's too fragile. The driver went onto the bridge, because he didn't read the signs. Drivers can't read the signs. So there's a lot of training to be done in that area.
We have to verify whether they understand our languages. We've seen people take driving tests with a microphone and a camera so that someone can whisper answers to them. With a phone, you can even take a picture of the questions, translate them into your language, and then check the right boxes. Come on, it's illogical and we're wondering why people die on our roads.
Some provinces, like Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta have begun publishing studies. I'm not talking about Quebec, because nothing has been done yet, but it's coming. Every week, we try to talk to Quebec representatives. We have to move forward, and quickly, because illegal drivers are on the roads a lot faster than we are. Furthermore, this situation has nothing to do with immigration.
Those drivers must abide by the same laws as we do. In Quebec, for example, it takes 36 months of road experience with a Class 5 vehicle to get a licence to drive a heavy vehicle. After two months, they get a licence.
How does that happen? My son is 18 years old, and he drives trucks with me. He already knows how to drive a manual car, and he only has a Class 5 licence because we're in a closed system. He's eager to get his licence to drive heavy vehicles, but he won't be able to until he completes this 36-month period.
That's how Quebec had a lot of professional drivers, because the trade was passed on from generation to generation. It's certainly the same principle for Mr. Seymour.