The amount of time and energy that must be spent correcting the late night rantings of the U.S. President. Incredible…
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U.S. counterpart early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald Trump has threatened to block, explaining to him that Canadians paid for the bridge in full and that the Americans already have an ownership stake.
Carney said he told Trump that the federal government paid some $4 billion to build the Windsor-Detroit bridge and that it was built with Canadian and U.S. workers and steel from both countries, despite the president’s bogus claims that there was “virtually no U.S. content” used during construction.
While Trump said the federal government owns “both the Canada and the United States side,” the bridge is in fact publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, which will be responsible for operating the bridge, is a Canadian Crown corporation.
“This is a great example of co-operation between our countries. I look forward to its opening,” Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill on Tuesday morning. “What is particularly important, of course, is the commerce and the tourism and the voyages of Canadians and Americans that will go across that bridge.”
Carney said the U.S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, will “play a role in smoothing the conversation in and around the bridge.”
“It was a positive conversation,” Carney said, adding he told Trump that Canada’s women’s hockey team will beat the Americans in their Olympic matchup today. “It’s a big game today and we’re going to win.”
Source: CBC News
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