When store shelves become sparsely stocked and farm products are stalled at point of origin, it will be too late to sound an alarm.a © So it’s time now to look carefully at the shortage of truck drivers across Canada – indeed, across North America – and figure out solutions.a © Trucking firms across the West already report difficulty finding enough drivers to ship goods. They anticipate the situation will grow worse because few people are joining the industry.a © A 2013 study that the Conference Board of Canada did for the Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates a national shortage of 25,000 to 33,000 for-hire truck drivers by 2020.
