The US-Canada border crossing at Emerson, Manitoba, and Pembina, North Dakota, has been shut down by protesters demonstrating against Covid-19 mandates, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba. Follow live updates.
Protests over Covid-19 mandates disrupt auto production on both sides of US-Canada borderbetween Canada and the US over their opposition to Covid-19 mandates say they're not going anywhere in an act of defiance with rippling effects on both sides of the border.
In Windsor, Ontario, Ford's Essex and Annex engine plants halted production Wednesday due to supply challenges caused by the blockade at the Ambassador Bridge — which connects Detroit and Windsor. "This interruption on the Detroit/Windsor bridge hurts customers, auto workers, suppliers, communities and companies on both sides of the border that are already two years into parts shortages resulting from the global semiconductor issue, COVID and more," said a statement from Ford."We hope this situation is resolved quickly because it could have widespread impact on all automakers in the U.S. and Canada.
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