‘We can’t afford it’: Sask. producers lament grain terminal strikes
Vancouver might be a 17-plus hour drive from most places in Saskatchewan, but the strike between workers and six-grain terminals there could soon have effects being felt right here in the province.
“If it goes on long enough, it means that we won’t be able to deliver grain to country elevators because the system would be backlogged,” said Ian Boxall, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS).
“We (also) will become an unreliable trading partner because again we have a disruption in our supply chain.”
Boxall compares the strike between the workers and Vancouver grain terminals to be the same as the rail strike between CP and CN rail last month.