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Declaration of Emergency committee It's 5,000 companies. I have my senior VP here. Geoff, what would you say, on average, was an estimate in terms of the drivers in that membership?
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee If you're stuck behind a blockade, you're stuck behind a blockade. As we noted, some of those blockades lasted days and weeks. That's food; that's water; that's restrooms. It's all the necessities of life. Some were running without their medication, and obviously their livelihood was being impacted as the trucks sat there, so there was a high level of frustration and a high level of impact on the vast majority of truck drivers who were out there, as I mentioned before, moving our nation's economy.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee It would be directly with those responsible at CBSA for cross-border—
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee It was a complex issue, and it still is a complex issue in our industry and in society. The vast majority of truck drivers were vaccinated and the vast majority of truck drivers were out doing what they love to do, and that's moving our nation's economy.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee Absolutely.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee We were in constant contact. Just so you understand how the alliance works, provincial associations across Canada belong to it. My counterparts throughout Canada who were impacted by these blockades at the borders that I mentioned were in constant contact with their various levels of government, as was I.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee My private conversations are my private conversations, but we were in constant contact with a number of officials and the relevant officials at all levels of government.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee As I said, those are private conversations, sir.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee Thanks, Mr. Chair.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee It was CBSA, Health Canada and Transport Canada. Those would be the most relevant agencies, I would say.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee They were officials responsible for border crossings and dealing with public health.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee What names would you like, sir?
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee I deal with multiple people at Transport Canada, at CBSA and at Health Canada. I'd have to look through my Rolodex to go through them all. Would you like them all?
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski
Declaration of Emergency committee Again, I'd have to go through my Rolodex and get you all these names.
November 24th, 2022Committee meeting
Stephen Laskowski