Canadian truckers already en route should get reprieve amid vaccine mandate confusion: industry leader

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UPDATED: Canadian truckers already en route should get reprieve amid vaccine mandate confusion, industry leader says

In a joint statement, Canada's transportation, health, and public safety ministers said that Canada’s initial policy stands, requiring truckers coming into Canada from the U.S. to be fully vaccinated, or face PCR testing and quarantine requirements.

"If the message provided late Wednesday was made in error, why did it take officials over 16 hours to release a statement correcting the error?" he said in the statement. "This 16-hour period of silence has thrown many drivers' lives into upheaval and will leave some having to quarantine at home for 14 days as a result of an erroneous message from government officials.

The U.S. has planned a similar mandate to go into effect for any driver crossing into the States as of Jan. 22.Millian previously told CTV News Channel on Thursday that it is important to remember that truck drivers have been delivering necessary supplies amid the pandemic, such as medical gases to hospitals, COVID-19 vaccines, food and fuel, that could have disastrous impacts if halted.

"There isn't one aspect of the supply chain that won't be impacted by this measure," Laskowski said Friday.trucking industry moves approximately 80 per centLaskowski said some sectors will be harder-hit than others, based on their ability to secure freight transportation with a truck driver who meets the new vaccine requirements.

He noted that this would be a sharp reduction in workers for an industry that is already facing a labour shortage.

 

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