New trucking vaccine mandate is likely to make fruit and vegetables more expensive
The CEO of Canadawide Fruits told Bloomberg the cost of transporting produce climbed 25% last week.
The Montreal-based executive pointed to a lack of truck drivers who are able to cross the border between the US and Canada due to a vaccine mandate that cuts US trucking capacity in half, according to data from the American Trucking Association. The group estimates that only about 50% to 60% of US truck drivers have been fully vaccinated.