Posted on 02/01/2022 10:04:53 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The U.S. is Canada's largest export buyer for beef and Canada's largest importer supplier. Any disruption to the meat trade between both countries would have severe consequences for meat processors in Canada and consumers in the US.
Days after the "Freedom Convoy" of truckers protesting vaccine mandates in Ottawa, the country's capital, protests are spreading to US-Canadian border crossings and furthering logistical headaches.
Bloomberg reports 150 trucks packed with beef, bound for the US, are stuck in a traffic jam at the border at Coutts, Alberta, the Canadian Meat Council said. Since the weekend, a convoy of truckers has slowed processing times between Alberta and Montana.
We reported as of Monday, more than 100 truckers blocked the US-Canadian border between Alberta and Montana.
BREAKING: Massive convoy of truckers have blockaded the US-Canada border crossing in Alberta pic.twitter.com/A4KHrzETbv — Truckistan Amb. Poso 🏁 (@JackPosobiec) January 31, 2022
On Sunday, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney called for an end to the blockade, stating: "Canadians have a democratic right to engage in lawful protests. I urge those involved in this truck convoy protest to do so as safely as possible, and not to create road hazards that could lead to accidents or unsafe conditions for other drivers."
"It is not yet clear what the provincial or federal government is doing to facilitate a resolution. The longer this takes, it will cause more supply chain issues and this will affect everyone from producer to consumer," Marie-France MacKinnon, a spokesperson for the council, said.
What sparked convoys across border crossings and the capital is a new measure imposed by the Canadian government on Jan. 15 requiring unvaccinated cross-border truckers to quarantine upon returning home, making it virtually impossible for them to work.
Trucker convoys are so disruptive to trade between the US-Canada that local officials are expected to take action to resolve the protest revolt.
Every truck taken out of the supply chain is one less truck that can haul goods. This comes as virus-related worker absenteeism and labor shortages have prolonged supply chain woes. Snarling chains, even more, has been an answer by the people to band together against medical tyranny by the government. There's just one problem, blocking cross-border trade or at least slowing it down will further supply chain issues and could spark meat shortages in the US.
Who needs truckers when I can just go to the grocery store and get meat...l
RE: Who needs truckers when I can just go to the grocery store and get meat
Where does the grocery store get the meat?
7 deer in my pasture today. May have to fill the freezer with one.
I’ll eat beef substitutes until the major meat packers, who hire illegal immigrant scab labor, go out of business. When this is over I will eat beef again.
It’s worse than that. The truckers have to deliver the styrofoam they grow the meat from.
Side note: Pfizer is the most fined Pharma company in history
Would the recipient, of the largest fines for wrong doing, be capable of participating in the most massive global scandal of all time, in order to enrich itself?
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My family went to Costco and bought a bunch of meat and some other things today. Things are going to be tight for a while.
I fully support the truckers, but Alaska lives off trucking. It’s gonna suck for us.
There are multiple crossing points - in both Montana and Idaho.
If the trucks are stuck because the drivers can’t cross due to the vax, their companies screwed up dispatching them to start with.
I applaud the protest and hope like Hell they can change Canada - I had to take the jab so I could stay in business, as 85% of my income is from crossing the border into BC. If I didn’t have so many people depending on my income I would’ve stayed pure blood.
I’m stocked up. They can keep doing what needs to be done. Hopefully everyone is stocked up as well.
Plenty of Stray cats in my Neighbor Hood, always been a fan of Chinese food.
I will gladly eat mac and cheese and go without to support a caravan of truckers to shut down DC. They need to flood the district and just shut down. They need to shut down the beltway too. just shut it down.
Have a 50 pound bag of rice and lots of dried beans. The truckers need to continue what they are doing until it is done. The US truckers should do the same. Fully support them. Folks should gather enough victuals for several months and support these guys taking action.
I don’t care if I have to eat tofu.
God bless the Freedom Truckers!
Same here.
I may even become a real man and eat quiche
They control nazis will blame the shortages on the domestic terrorist truckers
I’ll air ship you some fine steaks from Texas. :)
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