They will definitely have an impact on the businesses because new ways of operating in the logistics chain will have to be put in place.
However, the major challenge is the issue of product expiration. As you know, many fruit and vegetable products are extremely fragile. Ontario and Quebec represent approximately 80% of Canada's fruit and vegetable production. Products sometimes have to be transported from Ontario and Quebec to as far away as Vancouver. Producers must ensure that products can avoid damage while in transit and that consumers have access to products of equivalent freshness even after transport.
If we start experiencing problems of product freshness, quality and safety, we'll only succeed in shifting the problem and encouraging food waste. It seems to me the last thing we want in this period of inflation is to encourage food waste.