Rural Sense Show Bonus Episode: Border Businesspeople – “Covid restrictions negatively impacted our businesses long before the trucker blockade did”
Contrary to the statements or implied results put forward by the news media, the trucker blockade was not the main cause of the economic suffering in the communities along the Canada-USA border. Rather, the residents say, that the economic downturn for them began with the COVID restrictions which unfolded in 2020. While the truck blockade has made things tougher, the root of the economic suffering lies with the COVID restrictions.