Canadian truckers BLOCK bridge linking Detroit and Ontario

by The Right Scoop

Today Canadian truckers have blocked the Ambassador bridge linking Detroit and Ontario as they continue their blockade style protest of the Canadian government’s ridiculous vaccine mandate:

POLITICO – A convoy of Canadian truckers and protesters objecting to Covid restrictions has caused Ottawa residents headaches for weeks. Now, they are disrupting the other side of the border.

The Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ont., was closed to Canada-bound traffic on Tuesday, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Canadian government, and trucks were told to cross at another bridge 60 miles away. Cars and trucks initially blocked the approach to the bridge in Windsor on Monday, and other vehicles jammed the area in solidarity.

The bridge is a key trade link, and traffic over the bridge accounts for about 27 percent of the $400 billion in annual trade between Canada and the U.S., according to the Federal Highway Administration. The alternate route, the Blue Water Bridge linking Port Huron, Mich., and Sarnia, Ont., was reporting delays of 2 hours for commercial traffic.

The ongoing protests stem from vaccination requirements announced last month by the U.S. and Canada that would require unvaccinated truck drivers to quarantine after crossing the border. But in Canada, a convoy of truckers initially opposed to the mandates turned into a bigger protest of the government’s Covid restrictions.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Tuesday “the blockade has prevented some traffic from coming into Canada.”

“The Ambassador Bridge is one of the most important border crossings in the world and it carries with it a significant portion of all trade between Canada and the United States,” Mendicino said. “We will continue to work very closely to see that this blockade is disengaged so we can keep the supply chains moving across the Ambassador Bridge.”

Here’s a little video from Twitter:


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