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The Road Beneath - Part 2: Driver Inc., The Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and Success Stories from the Frontlines
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- Steering Change
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- Feb 27, 2026
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- 4010
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Summary
In this episode, host Kelsey Hipkin brings us back for the second episode of our three-part series, The Road Beneath: Ethics, Exploitation & Accountability in Trucking , in which we’re pulling back the curtain on the trucking and logistics industry, starting where real prevention begins: with the decisions made at the top. For Part 2: Driver Inc., The Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and Success Stories from the Frontlines , we have three segments: the first with Robert Harper , President of the AMTA, followed by Robert Kupinic , a professional Class 1 operator with Canada Cartage, and we close with Gerald Nakano , Senior Vice President, Operations, Canada Cartage. In our conversation, joined by AMTA’s Doug Walton, we discuss how industry and AMTA are addressing the Driver Inc. model, we’ll speak with a driver who uses the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program to build a successful career, and hear from the company using the TFW program to address labour shortages across their network. Watch the three-part video series from Robert Harper on Driver Inc. here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmicsdS-lHRq-4QW_m2sfu1rhylz87mbg If you have any questions or concerns about topics related to what was discussed in this episode, or commercial transportation and driver safety, please do not hesitate to contact our Member Services team at [email protected] . To learn more about how to help end human trafficking, visit TAT’s website for valuable resources: https://tatnonprofit.org/. Registration is still open for AMTA’s 88th Annual Conference! Join us at the Grey Eagle Event Centre on April 22-23, 2026. Join us for a jam-packed program covering industry, enforcement, communication, and the impacts of artificial intelligence. As well as our awards dinner, tradeshow…