United States officials have urged Canada’s government to use its federal powers to end a blockade by truckers protesting against Covid restrictions.
President Joe Biden is being briefed regularly on the protests, which have hit Ottawa and a border crossing that generates a quarter of US-Canada trade.
On Thursday, the US Secretaries of Homeland Security and Transportation spoke to their Canadian counterparts urging them to use federal powers to resolve this situation at their joint border and offering the full support of the Homeland Security and Transportation departments.
The span – which links Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, Michigan – remains closed to most traffic, though other ports and border crossings are open nearby.
Now partially shut for four days, it is the largest international suspension bridge in the world.
An Ontario court has stopped protesters from accessing online donations.
(BBC)
( Editor, Omor Bazuaye)
