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Canada has dropped the mandate for truckers — the US still has not. It was set to go into effect Saturday (1/15).

The Canadian federal government is backing down from its vaccine mandate for Canadian truckers three days before it was set to take effect.

The new rule will still take effect for American truckers, who will be turned away at the border unless they've been inoculated starting this weekend.

About 10 per cent of the 120,000 Canadian truckers who traverse the border may not have been able to work those routes because they haven't been jabbed, according to the trucking alliance.

The vaccine mandate had already started to impact trucking operations.

American Trucking Association chief economist Bob Costello estimates that just under half of the 28,000 U.S. drivers who regularly haul freight across the border will no longer be able to do so, posing a threat to the smooth supply of goods.

#SupplyChain

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/feds-make-last-minute-reversal-on-vaccine-mandate-for-truckers/ar-AASIxZS?ocid=msedgntp
China’s latest covid lockdowns are again affecting global supply chains

China’s aggressive pursuit of covid-zero has revved into high gear against omicron, locking down whole cities for weeks, closing factories, and throttling ports, raising concerns that China’s efforts to control omicron’s runaway transmissibility will prolong or worsen manufacturing and shipping delays for the battered global supply chain.

Already, companies are seeing production delays. This week, Toyota said that operations had come to a halt at its factory in Tianjin, the Wall Street Journal reported, after the city imposed mandatory testing after detecting two cases of the omicron variant [just two]. Volkswagen also closed a plant there as well as in the port city of Ningbo, where a small outbreak occurred, the Journal reported.

Hong Kong-listed Shenzhou International, a supplier for Nike, Adidas, and Uniqlo, said in a disclosure to the stock exchange that it had to suspend operations at several production sites in Ningbo from Jan. 3, and that operations had not fully resumed as of Monday (pdf).

#SupplyChain #China

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https://qz.com/2112516/omicron-sends-freight-prices-from-china-to-the-us-back-up/
BNSF unions preparing to strike, threatening further interruptions to supply chain and particularly US West coast ports.

17,000 operators have initiated steps to go on strike following the railroad’s announcement of its so-called “Hi-Viz” attendance policy, “the worst and most egregious attendance policy ever adopted by any rail carrier.”

The policy is so restrictive that employees would be penalized for missing work to attend the funeral of an immediate family member.

It forces our members to report for duty without regard for their medical condition as we struggle to come out of a pandemic.

Workers “are routinely called without warning due to the complete lack of reliable train lineups, thus creating the potential for an even more unsafe railroad operation.”

#SupplyChain #USA

More: https://smart-union.org/news/smart-td-blet-rail-unions-initiate-steps-to-strike-bnsf-properties-over-new-hi-viz-attendance-policy-punishing-sick-rail-workers-during-the-pandemic/
Meat section completely cleaned out at Aldi, Victoria, #Australia.

via JoJoSpark in @iaf_chat

#WarOnMeat #FoodShortages #SupplyChain
No more sashimi? Hongkongers’ favourite Japanese fare part of looming supply shortage as tough Covid-19 aircrew rules bite into cargo capacity

- Experts have warned reduced capacity for imports in general will hurt city’s status as global cargo hub if stringent rules for aircrew continue

- High-end Japanese restaurants will be ‘highly affected’ as more than 90 per cent of sashimi they use are flown into Hong Kong
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Hong Kong’s catering sector is bracing itself for a shortage of Japanese seafood, especially sashimi, a favourite fare among residents, as tightened Covid-19 quarantine rules for cargo aircrew are expected to drastically restrict the supply of goods into the city.

Experts have warned that the reduced capacity will hurt the city’s status as a global cargo hub, if the stringent rules on such aircrew – requiring them to isolate in a designated hotel for seven days upon returning – continue.

#SupplyChain #HongKong

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3163314/no-more-sashimi-hongkongers-favourite-japanese
Ukraine: Government websites down after “huge cyberattack”

The websites contained a message in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish, saying that Ukrainians' personal data has been leaked into the public domain. “Be afraid and expect the worst. This is for your past, present and future," the message read, in part.

The country's minister for digital transformation [!], Mykhailo Fedorov, insisted that personal data was safe, since “the operability of the websites, not the registries,” was affected by the hack. Fedorov said that some of the attacked websites were blocked by their administrators in order to contain the damage and investigate the attacks.

#Cyberpandemic

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraine-government-websites-hacking-attack-82261780
BREAKING: USA/Canada trucker v4x mandate for border crossing already affecting flow of grains.

It is hard to believe this was allowed to go into effect even with ALL experts insisting it would cause devastating effects -- and that so few are aware of it -- but it has. And we will all feel it.

With the C19 narrative crumbling, they need a next crisis. Brace.
Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai underwater volcanic eruption today is significant — and WILL absolutely contribute to #GlobalCooling in the years ahead. This isn’t just about TikTok videos of tsunamis in Santa Cruz.

This was likely a VEI6 — not a VEI7 like Tambora before the “Year without a Summer”— but non-trivial to say the least!
So truckers are stopped at the border for mandates, train operators are striking, airlines are being grounded for 5G, and major ports are closing.

Who needs a #SupplyChain anyway.
Forwarded from G3 News
U.S. Airlines Warn of “Catastrophic Disruption” to Global Supply Chain When New 5G Service is Deployed

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@G3News: U.S. airlines and cargo carriers on Monday (Jan. 17) warned that the new 5G wireless service set to deploy Wednesday (Jan. 19) could ground flights, potentially stranding thousands of Americans overseas and delaying the delivery of key goods.

In a letter to Biden administration officials, executives of major carriers wrote that C-band 5G causes disruptions to airplanes’ instruments that could make “huge swaths” of the U.S. fleet unusable. They noted that by Wednesday’s deadline, most of the nation’s large airports will be under 5G-related flight restrictions from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

"This means that on a day like yesterday, more than 1,100 flights and 100,000 passengers would be subjected to cancellations, diversions or delays," chief executives of Delta Airlines, United Airlines, FedEx, UPS and others wrote in the letter.

The executives urged U.S. officials to prevent 5G from being implemented within 2 miles of affected airports until the FAA figures out a way for affected airplanes to fly safely or risk a “catastrophic disruption” to passenger flights and the global supply chain.

“Immediate intervention is needed to avoid significant operational disruption to air passengers, shippers, supply chain and delivery of needed medical supplies,” they wrote in a letter to the White House.
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WATCH: Canadian truckers against Covid mandates BLOCK all lanes of traffic to and from the United States.

A sign on one truck reads: "MANDATE FREEDOM"
Forwarded from Wownero Whale 🐋
🇨🇦 "The trucker vaccine mandate is “working”. These images were take at the Sarnia - Port Huron border crossing. Normally the trucks are lined up for 2-3 kilometres before the bridge. Today there is no lineup whatsoever. Freight isn’t moving."

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Grocery store closures loom amid labour, product shortages - Canada

Grocery stores are struggling with rising labour and product shortages that could threaten Canada's food security, experts say.

Employee absenteeism due to workers calling in sick and COVID-19 protocols has hit about 30 per cent at some stores and is continuing to rise, Gary Sands, senior vice-president of public policy with the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers, said Tuesday.

If the situation worsens, some grocery stores won't be able to stay open — threatening food security in rural and remote areas that rely on a sole independent grocer, Sands said.

"If we have to keep sending people home, at a certain point stores are not going to be able to operate," he said. "We're very frustrated with the lack of rapid test kits for grocers."

"Independent grocers are in a myriad of communities in this country where there is no other grocery store," Sands said. "If those stores close, you've got a food security issue."

Meanwhile, stores are also experiencing a shortage of goods stemming from supply chain issues, including a shortage of truckers, packaging and processing delays and the Canadian winter.

But some supply chain issues could be longer lasting, such as the trucker shortage intensified by the federal government's new vaccine mandate.

"The issue with the truckers having to be vaccinated is causing some delays, especially with the supply of fruit and vegetables from California," Sands said.

#SupplyChain #Canada

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/grocery-store-closures-loom-amid-labour-product-shortages/ar-AASUbXm
As we’ve anticipated — the big pivot to climate.

#WEF #ClimateLockdown
Alberta: cattle feeders face increasingly desperate feed shortage.

“Several larger feedlots have indicated that they will run out of all feed in a few days.”


This is beyond catastrophic, with 1.5 million cattle unable to secure feed.

#WarOnMeat

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Elevators working in reverse as Alberta cattle feeders face increasingly desperate feed shortage.

“It’s a mess,” notes Kevin Serfas, of Serfas Farms, based at Turin, Alta. “If you only bought exactly what you needed on a week-to-week basis, you are in panic mode right now. I started November 1 and probably have half my orders. I’m not sure what needs to change. Everyone just blames the prior link in the chain.”

That chain includes grain companies, railways and railways, as well as trucking companies.

In some cases, grain handlers, such as Cargill, P&H, Richardson, and Viterra, are essentially trying to run their elevators in reverse. Rather than taking delivery from producers and loading grain onto trains, they are taking delivery of corn by train and transferring it onto trucks to fill sales contracts they’ve signed with cattle feeders — many of which are the same producers who otherwise sell grain to these companies.

Labour shortages, due to COVID-19 and more, have exacerbated the challenge in some situations, causing delays with loading and unloading trains and trucks. Several feedlots say delays in unloading trains have resulted in the railway putting a lower priority on these shipments. In some cases, they’ve been penalized financially with demurrage fees. [IAF: Stunning that the railway can simply stop shipping animal feed.]

There’s also concern the Canadian and U.S. government’s cross-border vaccination mandates, taking effect January 15 and 22, respectively, are removing a significant number of truck drivers from the road. Several sources told RealAgriculture they’ve also heard of a train being delayed due to crew members not wanting to have to quarantine in Canada.

To put the amount of feed that’s needed in context, ACFA says one rail car — the equivalent of approximately two super B trailers — will feed approximately 8,000 head of cattle for one day. There are approximately 1.5 million head in the province, meaning the industry requires more than a 100 unit train every day to replace the barley and wheat that would normally be sourced closer to home.

#Canada #SupplyChain

https://realagriculture.com/2022/01/elevators-working-in-reverse-as-alberta-cattle-feeders-face-increasingly-desperate-feed-shortage/
Hong Kong orders mass-euthanasia of small mammals

After “several hamsters tested positive,” Hong Kong officials have ordered the mass killing of 2,000 hamsters and “other small mammals” at pet stores.

I hope people are starting to see this trend of separating humanity from animals and God’s creation, towards their transhumanist future.

Hence this narrative that “animals are dirty and dangerous,” and bird flu, swine fever, rabbit ebola, deer with c19, and on and on… and yes they are coming for your pets.

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Environmental samples taken at the shop's warehouse, where other species of small animals are held, also confirmed traces of coronavirus, officials said. The hamsters at the pet store were imported from the Netherlands in two batches -- on December 22 and January 7.

On Tuesday, authorities seized all the small animals in the shop, including hamsters, rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas, to be tested and euthanized -- regardless of the test result -- citing a health hazard to the public.

All pet stores selling hamsters in the city have been ordered to hand the animals over to be put down, with similar orders for anybody who bought a hamster in the lead-up to Christmas, beginning December 22.

#WarOnPets #PostAnimalEconomy #AnimalAg

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hong-kong-plans-to-cull-2000-hamsters-over-covid-fears-pet-owners-are-outraged/ar-AASVbjF
Lab monkeys escape after van crashes, one on the run—shots fired:


The crash in Pennsylvania of a truck transporting 100 monkeys to a laboratory allowed four of them to escape, triggering a search by police who warned the public not to approach the animals.

The vehicle collided with a dump truck near Danville, Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon, en route to a lab in Florida.

Police said on Twitter that four moneys had “fled the crash scene into the surrounding area.”

Three were later captured, but one was still on the loose on Saturday morning.

The local WNEP news site said a police helicopter with thermal cameras was used to track down the cynomolgus monkeys, while officers on the ground used powerful flashlights.

A reporter said police surrounded the monkey before shots were fired from an unidentified weapon.

https://insiderpaper.com/lab-monkeys-escape-after-us-road-crash-one-on-the-loose/
DC Mayor asks people to “voluntarily ration” food due to supply chain issues, launching a new “Only Take What You Need” campaign.

A troubling sign - we know what comes after the “voluntary” part - and this starts to cast those who are prepared as enemies/hoarders, enemies of the collective.

Cue the CBDCs as ultimate purchase limits…

#SupplyChain #FoodShortage
Bird Flu confirmed in South Carolina

Guidance issued for bio security includes “keeping poultry inside.” As I’ve covered before, the UK and other countries also use this as an excuse to cull backyard flocks and free range operations.

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“These three positive samples tell us that high path avian influenza is currently present in the American Atlantic migratory flyway,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler. “While this virus is not a food safety issue, anyone with commercial or backyard flocks of poultry need to implement strict biosecurity measures. These measures include keeping your flock inside.”

#WarOnMeat #AnimalAg #BirdFlu

https://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/release/2022/HighPathAvianInfluenzadetectedinwildbirdinHydeCounty.htm