News Analysis
Management professor Sylvain Charlebois says Canadian truckers are the proverbial canary in the coal mine for the state of the country’s economy.
Many of those working in the industry for decades say their trucking volume is getting lighter lately, the routes shorter, and their pay interval longer, according to the Dalhousie University professor. They are getting paid every 60 to 90 days, rather than every 30 days, which has occurred during previous economic downturns, Charlebois said.
“For many years, I’ve always believed that they’re able to foresee changes in economic cycles, and that they’re able to foresee exactly what’s going to happen with the economy,” Charlebois said in an interview with The Epoch Times….