{"id":3492,"date":"2023-01-24T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/by-the-numbers-canadians-want-govt-to-step-up-enforcement-of-driver-inc\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:42:51","slug":"by-the-numbers-canadians-want-govt-to-step-up-enforcement-of-driver-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/by-the-numbers-canadians-want-govt-to-step-up-enforcement-of-driver-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers: Canadians Want Govt to Step Up Enforcement of Driver Inc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driver Inc. has made an uneven playing field in the trucking industry and is creating unfair and illegal\u00a0disadvantages. Those using the scheme are siphoning up to $1 billion a year in tax revenues away from\u00a0vital Canadian services and infrastructure and into the underground economy while circumventing\u00a0important labour, safety and environmental rules.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three in four Canadians (73%) support or would accept the federal government\u00a0taking action to stop Driver Inc \u2014 a growing labour misclassification scheme in the trucking\u00a0industry, which forces or manipulates employees into filing as independent contractors so that the\u00a0companies can avoid providing important labour rights and entitlements under the Canada Labour Code.<\/p>\n<p>Check out this infographic on more stats and facts on Canadians&rsquo; attitudes toward putting and end to the Driver Inc scheme: <a href=\"https:\/\/ontruck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Canada-Trucking-Driver-Inc-Infographic_public.pdf\">Canada Trucking Driver Inc Infographic_public<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driver Inc. has made an uneven playing field in the trucking industry and is creating unfair and illegal\u00a0disadvantages. 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