Canadian truckers are organizing for a tax break that they say would put them on par with their U.S. rivals. Apparently drivers in the U.S. can deduct most of the cost of their meals. According to a Teamsters lobbyist:
"When a U.S. and Canadian truck driver sit down side-by-side in the same truck stop, eating the same breakfast, it's very hard to stomach the fact that one of them is getting an 80 percent write-off while the other gets only 50 percent; its not fair or reasonable."
The story doesn't mention the other subsidies truckers receive that give them a leg up on other forms of transport.