TRUDEAU'S X-BORDER VAXPASS FOR TRUCKERS RAISING PRICES

The chair of one of Canada’s largest farmers’ groups has confirmed to Parliament that the Trudeau government’s vaccine mandate for cross-border truck drivers is raising the cost of fruit and vegetables.

Chair of the Trade and Marketing Working Group at the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) Quinton Woods told parliamentarians at the Commons agriculture committee on Feb. 28 that the border restrictions on unvaccinated truckers further reduced the supply of available drivers.

He said this had compounded the supply chain problems fruit and vegetable growers already faced, forcing them to pass on the burden to consumers.