Wheat Farmers Ask Canada to Step in as Strike Threatens Exports

  • Group says government should authorize third party inspectors
  • Protests could disrupt already tight supplies amid Ukraine war
Demonstrators picket outside the Viterra Cascadia Terminal.Photographer: Jimmy Jeong/Bloomberg
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The Wheat Growers Association is calling for the Canadian government to allow outside workers to weigh and inspect grain at a Vancouver port as a massive strike by public sector workers threatens shipments.

Unionized inspectors at the Cascadia Terminal have purposely targeted the port, according to a news release by the group, which advocates for farmers. The protests could further tighten global supplies already affected by the war in Ukraine.