Pickup trucks are a plague, at least according to Marcus Gee, whose column for the Globe and Mail criticizing Canada's appetite for trucks caused lovers and haters of the vehicle to pipe up. "Come to Saskatchewan where we use our pickup trucks to build and grow our province … and pull the odd car out of the snow bank," he said in a Tweet. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney also defended the pickup truck, even changing his Twitter profile photo to feature himself driving one. "It reflects our identity in the sense that the trucks are freedom, trucks are independence, trucks are entrepreneurship." Pickup trucks are popularThat apparent importance is reflected in the numbers.

Source: CBC News July 27, 2021 23:22 UTC