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Dan Goodwill

With the Unemployment Rate so high, why is there a Shortage of Truck Drivers?

Today we received some unexpected good news in the United States as the unemployment rate fell to 8.6%.  In Canada the news wasn’t as good as the unemployment rate increased to 7.4 percent.  Without counting those people who have given up looking for work or who are underemployed (e.g. per...
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