Gordie Howe Bridge Deal Text Confirms Canada Is Splitting Toll Revenues with U.S.
The agreement gives the United States half of net toll revenue for 15 years as Canada skips a joint opening ceremony amid tariff tensions.
- An agreement in principle for the Gordie Howe International Bridge confirms Canada will share half of net toll revenues with the U.S. for 15 years, contradicting Prime Minister Mark Carney's claim last week that revenues would split only after "all of the debt is repaid."
- President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats, including penalties over wildfire smoke blamed on "Willful Negligence," prompted the cancellation of joint bridge ceremonies; American tariffs imposed last year remain in place while new duties targeting provincial alcohol bans threaten about five per cent of Canadian exports.
- Revenue payments flow to a United States-Canada Economic Development Fund controlled by the U.S. government, while former Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland wrote in the Financial Times on Tuesday that Canadians "feel deeply betrayed by the country that led our alliance for the past eight decades."
- Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson announced Canadian officials will skip Friday's ceremonial event with American counterparts, as the 17-month trade conflict faces a 29-day window for potential resolution and Carney prepares retaliatory options.
- The bridge opens next week into a world vastly different from 2012, when former Prime Minister Stephen Harper envisioned it as "a very timely and fitting statement of the friendship between our two great countries" during the War of 1812's 200th anniversary; the U.S. renegotiated terms at the final hour.
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Under the new agreement-in-principle, Canada will contribute half of the bridge's net revenues to an economic development fund.
Details of Gordie Howe Bridge deal released amid political pressure
Amid conflicting messaging and questions surrounding the agreed-upon revenue sharing between Canada and the U.S., details of the deal to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge were released late Tuesday.
The proposed agreement-in-principle for the Gordie-Howe International Bridge confirms that Canada will share half of the net toll revenues with the United States for the first 15 years, but does not include any reference to debt repayment in Canada.
Text of Gordie Howe Bridge deal with U.S. contradicts Carney's initial description
OTTAWA – The new revenue-sharing deal between Canada and the United States for the Gordie Howe International Bridge was released Tuesday evening after criticism over lack of transparency and conflicting messaging from the prime minister.
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