Kenney Wants to Pause Truckers’ COVID Vaccine Mandate

Kenney Wants to Pause Truckers’ COVID Vaccine Mandate
Cross-border transport trucks cross paths on the Peace Bridge at the Canada U.S. border in Buffalo, New York, U.S., Jan. 10, 2018. Reuters/Hyungwon Kang/File Photo
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on Thursday called on the federal government to pause a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers that companies say will disrupt the supply chain and fuel inflation.

The mandate, imposed by Ottawa to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, has cost Canadian trucking companies about 10% of their international drivers, six top executives said this week. They said they are hiking wages to lure new operators during the worst labor shortage they have experienced.