Industry insiders fear that the federal government’s vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers will exacerbate already-strained supply lines, resulting in grocery store shortages. On Jan. 10, Sylvain Charlebois, professor and senior director of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, tweeted, “Ottawa’s plan to require all truckers entering from the United States to show proof of vaccination starting Jan. 15 cannot happen at a worse time,” “I’m not sure Canadians are aware of how fragile our food supply chain is right now, due to Omicron.” In mid-November, the Liberal government declared that all truck drivers entering Canada will need to be completely vaccinated by Jan. 15. Truckers had been spared from the regulation until then since they were deemed essential service providers. However, on the evening of Jan. 12, Canada Border Services Agency spokesperson Rebecca Purdy informed The Canadian Press that if Canadian … Continue reading U.S. Northern Border Supply Chain is Being Crippled in the Name of Omicron.