Lou Smyrlis is just a mouthpiece for the OTA and David Bradley who just go along with everything that the (Ontario premier) Dalton McGuinty folks advocate. They have no affiliation or empathy with the truckers and the small and medium companies that make up a large portion of this industry. Instead of going ‘quack quack quack’ like they do right now, they should be standing up for the great safety record that the truckers have achieved here in Ontario. They have no idea about waiting at border crossings, obnoxious shippers, nasty dock personnel and favouritism by dispatchers, etc.

Lovely Lou with no dirt under his fingernails would have no idea what it is to experience any of the above problems with his present know-how. Maybe he should take a few days off from his committees and political meetings and see firsthand what these road warriors have to deal with on a daily basis.

Jerry Turner