This is huge. It will bring the auto industry to its knees very quickly. The corridor between Chicago, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Windsor, Chatham, London and Ottawa is loaded with parts suppliers and assembly plants.
Closing the Blue Water bridge cuts off an alternate route but also the I-69 and 402 corridor. This shuts out the suppliers throughout mid Michigan cities like Lansing, Flint, Saginaw and Midland from the assembly plants all through SW Ontario.
I dont have the numbers on hand for the Blue Water Bridge but if the Ambassador is 25% of Us/Canada trade Id be willing to bet the BW is between 5 and 10%. Thats a third of all trade between the two countries.
This is huge. It will bring the auto industry to its knees very quickly. The corridor between Chicago, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Windsor, Chatham, London and Ottawa is loaded with parts suppliers and assembly plants.
Closing the Blue Water bridge cuts off an alternate route but also the I-69 and 402 corridor. This shuts out the suppliers throughout mid Michigan cities like Lansing, Flint, Saginaw and Midland from the assembly plants all through SW Ontario.
I dont have the numbers on hand for the Blue Water Bridge but if the Ambassador is 25% of Us/Canada trade Id be willing to bet the BW is between 5 and 10%. Thats a third of all trade between the two countries.
The stakes have been raised boys and girls.