Recently, the Canadian government issued an important announcement, which plans to reopen the door and allow fully vaccinated tourists to come to Canada.

Some government officials pointed out that the plan will be initially scheduled to be implemented in early August, so that citizens of Canada's neighbor, the United States, can enter Canada

At the same time, the plan allowed citizens from other countries to enter Canada in early September.

The health minister said that nearly 60000 vaccinated tourists had entered Canada since last month. Less than 10 people tested positive and achieved remarkable results in epidemic prevention.

Unfortunately, theplans to open the country may be affected by the strike boom.

Canadian workers plan to strike

Just mentioned that Canada will reopen its doors on August 9. However, the trade union representing about 9000 Canadian Border Service (CBSA) staff said that its trade union members had recently voted in favour of a strike, starting from next Friday at the earliest. This will jeopardize the Canadian government's plan to reopen the country.

Moreover, the strike may cause disruption and chaos to port operations, cross-border truck transportation, air transportation and international parcel business.

Since 20189, Border Service Officers (BSOs) have been working without contracts. They do this in order to enjoy the same salary as other Canadian law enforcement officers, and hope that the government can give more epidemic protection measures.

The Trade Union warned that if the strike was carried out, it could cause a serious blow to the country's economy.

Because the strike will seriously interfere with the flow of goods, services and people into Canada. And affect the Canadian economy in the following ways:

• slow down commercial traffic at borders and ports of entry;

  
  

• international mail and package delivery affecting Canada Post and other major shipping companies;

  
  

• affect the imposition of duties and taxes on goods entering Canada;

Nowadays, many ports in the world are seriously blocked, and the congestion of Canadian ports such as Ottawa and Montreal is not optimistic.

If the strike action will be officially carried out, it will be difficult for the port to maintain operation. 

This undoubtedly brings a serious blow to the cargo transportation link in Canada, which makes the whole maritime supply chain tense.

As the largest port in Canada, Ottawa port has serious congestion and cargo backlog, and the delay of shipping schedule aggravates this problem.

As the second largest port, the container turnover rate of Montreal port is very low, which makes the port seriously short of containers.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the government is now negotiating with the trade union and will do its best to reach an agreement with the trade union to prevent the strike.