The shortage of school bus drivers is seeing routes cancelled and buses delayed across northeastern Ontario for a third week. 60 per cent of school bus drivers in Ontario are over 60 and many didn't return to work out of fear of COVID-19. But the majority of school bus drivers, about 60 per cent across Ontario, are retired people like Allen. (Erik White/CBC )Nancy Daigneault— the executive director of School Bus Ontario, which represents 130 private school bus companies across the province— says all-day kindergarten signalled a big change for bus drivers. "But the day begins with a school bus and ends with a school bus.
Source: CBC News September 21, 2020 10:07 UTC