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Canada officially celebrated the completion of a new multibillion-dollar bridge over the Detroit River, connecting it to the US, a project expected to significantly boost trade, jobs, and tourism between the two nations.
Canada has confirmed the opening of the new Canadian-built Gordie Howe Bridge across the Detroit River this week. This decision comes despite previous threats from former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the project.
Officials are gathering in Ontario to celebrate a new U.S.-Canada bridge over the Detroit River, even as tariff troubles persist with the Trump administration.
The wealthy owner of a nearly century-old bridge connecting Michigan and Ontario gave $1 million to a Trump-aligned political action committee less than a month before the U.S. president unleashed an online tirade against a new competing span down the Detroit River, records show.
A growing number of U.S. politicians, including Democratic representatives from Michigan, Mississippi, and California, held a press conference along the Detroit River to urge the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge.