by PaulM
Hi everyone
I'm currently qualifying as a passenger driver abroad. However, my wife is Canadian and would like to return to Quebec to care for her ill mother. I am keen to know more about railway job opportunities over there. I have full Canadian working rights and am bilingual French/English. We would be prepared to live as far west as BC if necessary.
How easy is it to find work with GO, STM, VIA etc? I am training in both locomotive and high-speed railcar operation. Is it possible to find freight work that does not entail crossing into the United States? (An old DUI in Florida makes it difficult, though not impossible, for me to travel there.) What are wages and conditions like? Here, USD 140K is pretty standard for a newly qualified driver, though I imagine that's unrealistic in Canada.
I'd love to know everyone's thoughts. Thanks!
Paul
I'm currently qualifying as a passenger driver abroad. However, my wife is Canadian and would like to return to Quebec to care for her ill mother. I am keen to know more about railway job opportunities over there. I have full Canadian working rights and am bilingual French/English. We would be prepared to live as far west as BC if necessary.
How easy is it to find work with GO, STM, VIA etc? I am training in both locomotive and high-speed railcar operation. Is it possible to find freight work that does not entail crossing into the United States? (An old DUI in Florida makes it difficult, though not impossible, for me to travel there.) What are wages and conditions like? Here, USD 140K is pretty standard for a newly qualified driver, though I imagine that's unrealistic in Canada.
I'd love to know everyone's thoughts. Thanks!
Paul