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Truck driver Craig Huzulak is unemployed after losing his job four times since December — the new normal in a Canadian oilpatch still reeling from a downturn.

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The 400-tonne heavy haulers that rumble along the roads of northern Alberta’s oilsands sites are referred to in Fort McMurray as “the biggest trucks in the world,” employing thousands of operators to drive the massive rigs through the mine pits.

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Huzulak, 49, was working at a mine last year near Fort McMurray, Alberta, when crude prices plunged and work dried up. He lost two more positions in the following months and then had a job offer yanked at the end of June before he could even start.

In addition to the market rout, the father of two now worries about the self-driving trucks Suncor Energy Inc. is rolling out in its oilsands mining operations that will replace workers like him to save companies money.