A Patron of Economic Update asks: "I would appreciate hearing your thoughts about how this Canadian Truckers movement aligns with the international workers' ...
50k USD is only 63k Canadian, lol. A calculator I found online says that'd be ~$88k CAD before tax (in Ontario), which is a pretty normal working class salary if you're in the Toronto area.
To be clear, you're right about it not being left-wing. From what I've seen, most of the "truckers" are just dudes in F-150s. The vaccination rate among Canadian truckers is about the same as the general population (just over 80% IIRC), and a relative who's actually a trucker hates these people.
88k might be a normal working class salary in Toronto, yeah, but it's not really a normal working class salary canadawide. That's more than twice the median employment income in Canada according to the latest census. It's only that much in Toronto because real estate is so hideously expensive. It's also not including the 200 000$ in capital they're building up which isn't included in net income. It's much more in line with the income of a small business owner than with that of a working person across the country.
As far as the rest I definitely agree, so many truckers hate them and their union is against it too.
50k USD is only 63k Canadian, lol. A calculator I found online says that'd be ~$88k CAD before tax (in Ontario), which is a pretty normal working class salary if you're in the Toronto area.
To be clear, you're right about it not being left-wing. From what I've seen, most of the "truckers" are just dudes in F-150s. The vaccination rate among Canadian truckers is about the same as the general population (just over 80% IIRC), and a relative who's actually a trucker hates these people.
88k might be a normal working class salary in Toronto, yeah, but it's not really a normal working class salary canadawide. That's more than twice the median employment income in Canada according to the latest census. It's only that much in Toronto because real estate is so hideously expensive. It's also not including the 200 000$ in capital they're building up which isn't included in net income. It's much more in line with the income of a small business owner than with that of a working person across the country.
As far as the rest I definitely agree, so many truckers hate them and their union is against it too.