These drivers interviewed by Nitin Chopra, an independent investigative reporter within the South asian Community, exposes the disturbing reality of the Driver Inc. crisis – vulnerable workers coerced, manipulated and even forced into a tax evasion system by unscrupulous carriers who have zero regard for these drivers, who are now on the hook for a misclassification that their employers profited from.
Beyond tax fraud, the public safety threat is alarming: drivers pushed to work over 100 hrs a week while earning criminally low pay, drivers claim.
The report shows how CRA is catching up. Drivers are facing back-tax reassessments of tens of thousands of $ a year. for non-compliant Personal Services Businesses (PSBs).
While drivers get hit hard, predatory fleet owners think they can hide behind a corporate shell. A corporate shell cannot protect an illegal conspiracy to bypass labour, safety, and tax laws. The workers pay the price while criminal fleets pull the strings.
Rogue Driver Inc. fleets are not small businesses; they are criminal entities letting greed come before public safety.
This is modern-day slavery turning heavy trucks into ticking time bombs on our highways. Kudos to Nitin for bringing these stories to light.
Education Won’t Save Lives. Enforcing the Law Will.
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