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Carney says Gordie Howe bridge will open this week, White House maintains Trump's opposition 'has not changed'

U.S. president had vowed to block the Windsor-Detroit bridge's opening

John Paul Tasker · CBC News · Posted: Jun 09, 2026 9:35 AM EDT | Last Updated: June 10

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that the Gordie Howe International Bridge poised to connect Ontario and Michigan will open "at the end of the week," but a statement from the White House is raising questions about whether that will actually happen.

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Later Tuesday, when asked about the bridge opening, a White House official told CBC News that the "president's position on the Gordie Howe bridge has not changed." ... "The administration remains committed to securing the best possible deal for the American people," a possible reference to U.S. President Donald Trump's demands that the country immediately get a cut of the bridge tolls collected from a project it spent nothing on building.

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Trump erupted on social media in February, posting a series of falsehoods about the artery and saying he wouldn't allow it to open "until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them." ... The [Canadian] federal government paid some $6.4 billion to build the Windsor-Detroit bridge, and it was constructed by Canadian and American workers using steel from both countries, despite the president's bogus claims that there was "virtually no U.S. content."

Trump also said the federal government owns "both the Canada and the United States side," when the bridge is, in fact, publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan.

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