It seems Canada is no longer resting on its laurels. After years of tepid economic progress, lagging GDP and productivity growth, and a cozy relationship with red tape that keeps so much from getting done, the federal government is taking aim at the status quo.

Bill C-5, otherwise known as the One Canadian Economy Act, is the battle plan, laying out the federal government’s approach to buy Canadian by removing internal trade barriers, advancing major projects of national interest, increasing the flow of goods, getting our resources to export markets, and supporting labour mobility.

And while the government can certainly be applauded for this collection of ambitious goals, the success of Bill C-5 will very much rest on the shoulders of a group of hard-working, everyday Canadians who keep our economy running – the 700,000 plus workers in trucking and logistics — almost half of which are truck drivers. But Canada simply doesn’t have enough of them.

In fact, Trucking HR Canada’s most recent labour market information projects that........

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