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Www.pgcitizen.ca | Thursday, April 23, 2020
A logging truck heads into Lakeland mill along River Road. (Citizen file photo)
Lifestyle, low pay behind trucker shortage, local expert says
Arthur WILLIAMS, Prince George Citizen
The trucking industry is a facing a shortage of 20,500 drivers nation-wide – a
138 per cent increase since 2016 – according to a report released by Trucking HR Canada on March 11. In 2019, the job vacancy rate
for truckers was 6.8 per cent – double the national average of 3.3 per cent – and 9.4 per cent for long-haul truckers. Unless something changes,
the national, non-profit agency expects the number of vacancies to increase to 25,000 by 2023. In 2018, the shortage of cont. on page 5
