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Drivers' shortage - Canada - Truck stop? What's in store for the trucking industry?
"If we don't act now, all of a sudden we'll get to that point where there's no bananas or no bread in the store"
Toronto,Ontario,Canada -Canadian Business magazine, by Sarah B. Hood -Originally published: April 23, 2006: -- Warns Jeff Kirby. "In five years, everybody will be in an uproar, and it will take three to five years to get everything back to normal."... Kirby, president of Ontario-based Altruck Idealease, a division of Kirby International Trucks Ltd., is referring to the alarming shortage of long-haul truck drivers... In January, Statistics Canada reported that 18% of Canadian truck drivers are 55 or older (compared with 13% of the general workforce). And according to the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council, the industry, which employs more than 500,000 people, needs to attract 30,000 to 45,000 new drivers annually, but in recent years has hired only between 5,700 and 18,100... "It's probably fair to say that the days of calling your shipper and saying 'I need it there tomorrow' are over," says Bruce Richards, president of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada. "A lot of manufacturers take raw materials on a just-in-time delivery, but if you don't have the capacity or supply, you're going to have to do some speculating and ordering in advance of your norm."...
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