Asian Truckers Leaving Canada’s Industry

Canadians make up a major axle in the Canadian truck sector, comprising 16% of truckers in 2021 compared with just 2% 25 years earlier, The Globe and Mail reported, citing Statistics Canada data.

But drivers like Nihal Singh are now mulling an exit from the long-haul industry. Frustration and disgust at recent blockades and the encampment in Ottawa may be the final straw atop concerns about wages, safety, isolation and exhausting conditions.

Read the full report: The Globe and Mail

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.