New Brunswick truck drivers can’t isolate for two weeks because of the impact it would have on the supply chain.
That from Jean-Marc Picard, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association, on changes to the rules surrounding self-isolation for truckers and other regular cross-border commuters requiring a modified 14-day self-isolation and pre-registered travel.
Picard said discussions with the government, which started on the weekend, are “ongoing”.
“We want it to be voluntary isolation for the days that you [truckers] are home,” Picard said. “We thought this was not really necessary. No matter how aggressive the variants are, we are complying 110 per cent.”
Picard said truckers understand the severity of the pandemic and most are isolating when they get home.
He adds they want the industry to remain safe for everyone including truckers and their families.
The unpopular changes by the Higgs government prompted some truckers to stage a protest Sunday at the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border.
The truckers also joined families with rotational workers and others who live near the border and want to see it reopened.
