“Freedom convoy”. Protests over the vaccination obligation begin to blow up food supplies …
Days after the " Freedom Convoy " of truck drivers protesting vaccination obligations in Ottawa, the country's capital, protests are spreading to US-Canadian border crossings and aggravating logistical problems. The protest in the Canadian capital had already created problems in deliveries, having involved 70,000 trucks which obviously did not carry goods. Now the situation threatens to undermine food supplies in the US. All because Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, wanted to introduce an incomprehensible vaccination requirement for truck drivers.
The United States is the largest importer of beef from Canada for beef, as well as purchasing other food commodities. Any disruption of the meat trade between the two countries has serious consequences for meat processors in Canada and consumers in the United States.
Bloomberg reports that 150 trucks loaded with beef, bound for the United States, are stuck in a traffic jam on the Coutts, Alberta border, according to data from the Canadian Meat Council. Since the weekend, a convoy of truckers has slowed processing times between Alberta and Montana.
BREAKING: Massive convoy of truckers have blockaded the US-Canada border crossing in Alberta pic.twitter.com/A4KHrzETbv
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“It is not yet clear what the provincial or federal government is doing to facilitate a resolution. The longer it takes, it will cause more problems in the supply chain and this will affect everyone from producer to consumer, ”said Marie-France MacKinnon, spokesperson for the Alberta state council. After all, the roads, as you can see, are few, the block is very simple.
The truckers voted the day before yesterday to maintain the blockade, despite threats of eviction from the authorities, but an intervention is expected at any moment. However, this situation will further worsen the logistical situation of US food supplies, which are already on the verge of absenteeism linked to Omicron. All this will lead to empty shelves, or poorly supplied, and significant inflationary pressures.
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