[Epoch Times November 18, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Wang Lan reported in Toronto) Due to the catastrophic flooding in British Columbia, Canadian consumers should be prepared to face higher commodity prices this holiday season, and even certain The shortage of goods.
Floods and mudslides disrupted the British Columbia railway and closed the highway. Experts say this will have a “cruel” impact on Canada’s supply chain. The Port of Vancouver is Canada’s largest port, handling 240 billion yuan in cargo each year.
Retail analyst Bruce Winder told the Canadian Press that the effects of the flooding will begin to show on store shelves in mid-December. If the company does not have a large and complex supply chain, it will not be able to obtain products made in Asia.
Grocery stores will also be affected, especially in the western region. Many fresh products in Canada are imported through the province of British Columbia.
Experts say that the disruption of the supply chain will lead to food inflation.
Panic buying in Kamloops, BC
Many citizens in Kamloops, British Columbia, recently worried that traffic jams might lead to tight supplies. They went to supermarkets to rush to buy food, and many shelves were swept away. You can see the queues at Costco. In various grocery stores, the produce and meat areas have been swept away.
A similar situation occurred at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Vancouver Sun, Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian urged residents to stop hoarding and panic buying.
Christian said there is now a “supply disruption” and there is a shortage of some types of agricultural products, but he said there are alternatives.He said that the city’s supply chain is still supported by Eastern Canada, and that Vancouver’s connection with Kamloops has been
Cut off, not the other way around.
“Our community now has rows of trucks. This shows to me that the supply chain from Eastern Canada to Kamloops is working well. So, we should be patient and wait for Kamloops to the Lower Mainland. The major transportation arteries in China have been renovated on a large scale. We should use common sense to decide which things to buy now.” Christian said.
Editor in charge: Yan Feng
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