Tue Apr 5, 2022 – 6:20 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — The National Cattle Feeders’ Association told politicians late last month that the already existing trucker shortage may triple by next year.
On March 24 at a House of Commons agriculture committee meeting, chair of the National Cattle Feeders’ Association James Bekkering told politicians that the farmers are worried Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vaccine mandate for cross border truckers will only continue to worsen the already existing supply chain crisis severely impacting the industry.
“Agricultural supply chains are under tremendous pressure and are negatively impacting national food security,” Bekkering told the committee late last month.
In the beef industry, much of the current stress stems from two challenges: securing critical farm inputs, especially feed, and keeping cattle and beef products moving smoothly through the supply chain,” the agricultural industry leader explained.
“Transportation bottlenecks are magnified by a severe trucker shortage, which is expected to triple by 2023.”
After his statement, Conservative MP John Barlow asked if the cross-border mandate was a factor in the increasing supply chain bottleneck farmers are experiencing, and if the industry is worried about the additional of even more mandates under Trudeau’s leadership.
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