Here we go, it’s omicron disrupting the supply chain lol. Just Google “canada shelves empty” and there’s all kinds of photos and articles. > Sands said things like cereals, **soups and spices are getting harder to find in Western Canada, while Charlebois said perishables are posing a bigger problem in Atlantic Canada and Northern Ontario**. >**But the message from both experts is the same: This, too, shall pass.** >"The shortages that we're experiencing right now … are temporary, and I can't emphasize enough that we don't want to see a resumption or return to panic-buying," Sands said. "That helps no one and hurts everyone." >**But on the whole, he said, they are expected to be temporary while the country rides out the "tsunami" of Omicron.** >**So it's not as if there are truckloads of food piling up at the border, waiting to be delivered but for a lack of vaccinated truckers**.