OTTAWA, Jan 21 ― The premier of Canada's Alberta province yesterday called on the federal government to pause a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers that companies say will disrupt the supply chain and fuel inflation.
Kenney made his request on the same day the United States confirmed its own vaccine border mandate for truckers would start tomorrow. Canada's has been in place since January 15. As many as 32,000, or 20 per cent, of the 160,000 Canadian and American cross-border truck drivers may be taken off the roads by the mandate, the Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates. The industry was short some 18,000 drivers even before the mandate, CTA said.
Within the next two weeks, consumers will see “there's not as many choices on the shelves,” said Dan Einwechter, chairman and chief executive officer of Challenger Motor Freight Inc in Cambridge, Ontario.
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