News Analysis
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to open on July 27, but under a different arrangement than the one Canada and the United States initially agreed to.
After Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed in June that the opening of the bridge had been delayed at the request of the United States, the two countries agreed on July 10 to open the bridge at the end of the month under a new agreement. U.S. President Donald Trump said he had been able to secure a “much better deal for America.”
The Conservative Party has raised questions about the inner details of the agreement between Ottawa and Washington, what new authority the United States has over toll rates, how the toll revenues and profits will be divided, and what Canada received in return for the new arrangement….