Fri Jan 21, 2022 – 4:17 pm EST
EDMONTON, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) – Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said a new COVID jab mandate for truckers enacted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be reversed at once, warning the policy will hurt an already stressed supply chain.
“We can’t afford to lose potentially thousands of truckers on our roads bringing groceries up from the U.S,” Kenney said at a news conference Thursday.
“I think we need to apply these policies with a heavy dose of common sense. Common sense tells us that we are at the peak of supply chain constraints across North America, around the world, [and] huge inflation,” said Kenney.
Speaking to reporters, Kenney asked the Trudeau government to “please extend” an earlier exemption that allowed for un-jabbed truckers to cross the border without having to quarantine for two weeks.
Some Canadian trucking companies have already reported driver shortages as a direct result of the COVID jab mandate for all haulers crossing the border.
And the new policy has already caused food supply issues as well, practically hitting hard eastern Canada.
Pictures of empty shelves in grocery stores, especially in Ontario, are becoming common.
Members of Parliament from the Conservative Party of Canada blasted Trudeau’s trucker jab mandate.
Southern Manitoba Conservative
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