Trucker blockades at border crossing points are adding more pressure to an already overloaded supply chain.
Trucker blockades at border crossing points are adding more pressure to an already overloaded supply chain.
Since Monday, supporters of demonstrators protesting vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions in Ottawa have cut off traffic into Canada on the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ont.
The vital road link typically handles about 7,000 commercial vehicles per day carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in goods.
A group of 70 trade organizations including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is demanding a “swift and immediate clearing” of the Ambassador Bridge blockade, citing the need for a steady supply of food, medical products and industrial parts.
Since Tuesday morning, trucks have been trickling along the bridge and into the U.S., but not vice versa following lane shut-downs in both directions Monday night.
Meanwhile at the border crossing in Coutts, Alta., traffic continues to be shut down on and off as protesters vowed to dig in for the long haul despite Premier Jason Kenney lifting the province’s vaccine passport program, effective today.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 9, 2022.
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