Posted on 01/19/2022 7:38:30 PM PST by blam
Overwhelmed supply chains and truck driver shortages worsened when Canada imposed new border mandates prohibiting unvaccinated American truckers. With low vaccination rates among US drivers, Canadian supermarkets are already reporting rising food inflation and shortages of certain products, according to Bloomberg.
Canada’s vaccine mandate for truckers came into effect on Saturday. The new rule requires US truckers to be vaccinated to cross the border. We warned earlier this week such a mandate would have “consequences.”
The vaccine mandate has exacerbated the shortage of truck drivers and made wait times at border crossings even longer. Eighty percent of trade between the US and Canada is transited by truck. America exports about 90% of Canada’s fruits and vegetables during the winter season. As shipments decline because only about half of US truck drivers are vaccinated, grocery stores report shortages.
“We’re seeing shortages,” said Gary Sands, senior vice president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers. “We’re hearing from members they’re going into some stores where there’s no oranges or bananas.'”
The main concern is the mandate could create a domino effect and ripple through the already stressed supply chain. Logistical disruptions have been a significant source of soaring inflation. According to North American Produce Buyers, the cost of sending a truckload of fresh produce from Southern California to Canada is now $9,500, up from $7,000. That means companies are paying more for freight and will pass on costs to consumers.
Given the drop in eligible truckers, products bound for Canada will build in US warehouses with no place to go until new drivers are seen.
The situation will only worsen on Jan. 22 when the US begins imposing its vaccine mandate on Canadian truckers. The Canadian Trucking Association warned the mandate would sideline up to 16,000 truckers.
Canadian truck drivers are furious with the US decision and have blocked the highway near the US-Manitoba international border to protest the new mandates. Videos posted on social media show the chaos playing out on the other side of the border.
Truckers Stage Protest Against Mandates At The U.S.-Canada Border at Emerson Manitoba pic.twitter.com/iBwZHHlTJC
— BasedUK (@Based__UK) January 18, 2022
Here is another. pic.twitter.com/HEzKK0V8SF
— Amy (@Amy41294821) January 18, 2022
Cross-border vaccine mandates will only make the supply chain more stressed to the point where it might break.
sundance, at TCT, has been on this, for weeks.
The time to prep was when Bye-Done was installed as poserdent.
I’d say “all according to plan” but then I’d be on a conspiracy ping list
Let them eat Molson’s.
Truckers of the world, unite!
TYRANTS.
Your move, Canadians.
This is going to kill us here in Alaska!
Most of our goods come up the Alaska Highway.
Wow! This is gonna be a huge problem for both countries.
Support Trump?
Joe Stolen will be sure that you get the big payback.
Now that’s what I call-
“Cut off your nose to spite your face “
Zero Covid is chasing the dragon.
Temporarily pinging out the prepper ping list at the request of tik.
bkmk
I predict starving Canadians crossing over into US EBT territory will be engaged in more than a food fight soon.
Those empty shelves will not fill themselves this winter.
Throw a little more sand in the gears of commerce. What could go wrong?
Have you all not been prepping for something like this for a long time?
Truckers were talking about striking last year around Thanksgiving and decided against it for the time being, but I don’t recall that it was ever completely off the table.
As always, thanks, blam.
well its not....we at least have some push back down here....
of course all freeper Cannucks are awesome.
What’s difference between conspiracy theory and fact?
About 3 months
Drip...drip...drip.......then the dam bursts.
We are on a knife’s edge between “just” having a very bad time and becoming Venezuela - on a much larger scale.
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