Trudeau is threatening $100,000 fines, revoking their licenses, and 1 year in jail. While I have no doubt that many will accept the punishment, I still believe that the majority of Canadians are...
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The $100,000 is so that they can take their Trucks because with this supply chain issues they can't replace those trucks. It is a joke. Call their bluff and let all the truckers line up for trial with a million dollars for their legal defense.
Already the supply chain issue is becoming crippling for getting a new tire. These can take six months to arrive. Shut down the supply chain and they might take a year or two to get new tires. Any trucks they seize they will have to cannibalize for parts so seizing trucks won't add trucks to the supply chain, rather they will only be used to keep the existing trucks to keep running. Everyone will see how idiotic the whole thing is.
Also consider how the rest of the world will respond to Trudeau abusing the Truckers?
The only possible chance that Canada has if they follow through on this is that there is no reaction worldwide. If truckers around the world protest in unison they will be completely powerless.
Also consider this, the solution they have floated in the US is to get 18 year olds driving 18 wheelers. I would prefer someone who is well trained, not some kid who was given a one month training and put behind the wheel of a truck being held together with duck tape. Will they vet the kids for drugs and alcohol abuse? I suspect the result of any policy like this would be a sharp increase in accidents involving 18 wheelers.
Consider something else, when the US puts sanctions on a country like Iran it doesn't stop Iran from getting anything, it simply means some country like Syria, Jordan or Turkey can make money by acting as a middle man. But when the truckers shut down the highway it stops things getting through instantly. You see the results in a week. A month later you are in desperate situations. You can't solve a problem like that by using the court system which takes months or even years.
Also consider that when you cut the supply chain like this it doesn't just mean the shelves are empty, it means the factories have to shut down. These trucks almost always will take a load into Canada and then bring a load out of Canada. If you don't pick up perishable items from farms then they perish. Cows still have to be milked but the milk goes down the drain. If the farmers, factories and retail services all lose money then they don't pay taxes and the government will be crushed. Businesses are taxed on their profits. No profit no tax. you don't have to shut them down 100%, a loss of 10-20% could mean 100% loss for the government tax revenue. And it is worse than that because they have social programs for those who lose jobs, etc. Government's expenses go up just as their revenues crater.
In other words the deplorable truck drivers have the arrogant elites by the short and curlies.