thatbrit:
I’ve been out here in the Maritimes for 10 years now , my ten cents worth is keep away from this side of the country. Pay is low you are treated like a second class citizen for most part. If there is no work you sit at home earning nothing but are expected to be ready to go at a seconds notice. Average hourly pay if you do local work is arond $15 ph. This place has a unknown knack of sucking every spare penny you have put away for a rainy day (lowest paid highest taxed ) nothing cheap about it at all. DO loads of research believe half of what you read and and disbelieve 75% of what you are told by employers. I might sound bitter and twisted but I know from experience and the other ex pats here that it is not a place of milk and honey. Keep in mind that IF the company is any good it will have canadian drivers lined up at the door waiting for a job and they will not have to go hunting around the world for drivers.
Out of desparation thinking I could do better I went out and bought my own truck not a good idea, worse off than a company driver so don’t get caught in that game.
Just in case anyone’s thinking well if you have no knowledge of running a truck… I did it for 5 years in the good old UK and it was never as hard there as it is here.
I would agree with the post that said don’t buy and rent everything that way you can pack up and go home when you have had a gut full. Also don’t sale anything back home until you are totally sure that you want to make it for ever
^this^ is why I came to Manitoba, trucking companies on every street corner and once you’re here you get the same opportunities as the Canadians, you have to go through a bit of crap to get to that point, but at least you have a way out once you settle in, it seems that the Maritimes are not so good in that respect, a beautiful part of the country for sure, just not a great place to be a truck driver 
Have you not thought about moving out west mate? Like I say, plenty of choices out here 
