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Mar 27, 2013

DRIVERS SHORTAGE * Canada

* Canada - Truck companies facing decades end shortage 

Alberta,CAN -Edson Leader, by Ed Moore -March 22, 2013: -- The truck driving industry across the province is scrambling to replace its aging workforce but the executive director of the Alberta Motor Transport Association (AMTA) isn’t counting on recruitment of younger aged people... Don Wilson said young people generally don’t apply for truck driver jobs because of their lifestyle choices... Wilson said long-distance truck drivers generally sign on for two-week stints and this is something many young people today would not be willing to commit to... A recent study by the Conference Board of Canada, funded by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), predicts that by the year 2020 Alberta will need 6,200 more truck drivers in order to keep the economy healthy. Nation-wide the study said 25,000 to 33,000 additional drivers will be needed...

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