The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that nearly 100 trucking companies with a history of safety infractions, labour violations and other regulatory failures have been granted approval by Ottawa to hire temporary foreign workers since 2019. The Globe's Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Mahima Singh write that compliance issues ranged from flunking safety audits to concerns over forged documents. In some cases, companies were approved by Employment Canada to use the migrant labour program despite failing to comply with wage-theft orders issued by the same ministry. One carrier was decertified by Manitoba authorities over chronic safety issues, yet subsequently granted permission to hire temporary workers on three occasions. The Manitoba government accuses the company of setting up a related carrier in Alberta linked to a fatal collision in Brandon, Man., in late May. The incident prompted the province to call for the creation of a national trucking registry to better track bad actors. West Coast Trucking Association head Vijaydeep Singh Sahasi said the industry could recruit more domestic candidates if wages and working conditions improved. "They're exploited," he said. "And your and my life are put at risk as well."