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   Carney speaks to Trump after president erupts over Gordie Howe Bridge   
   PM explained to Trump that Canada paid for Windsor-Detroit crossing and   
   that Michigan owns part of it   
      
      
   Carney says he told Trump Canada paid for Gordie Howe Bridge   
      
   Following U. S. President Donald Trump's threat to block the opening of the   
   new international bridge between Windsor and Detroit, Prime Minister Mark   
   Carney said Tuesday that he told Trump Canada paid for the construction of   
   the bridge, the governments of Michigan Canada share ownership, and steel   
   and labour from both countries was used in its construction.   
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   Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U. S. counterpart early   
   Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald   
   Trump has threatened to block, explaining to him that Canadians paid for   
   the bridge in full and that the Americans already have an ownership stake.   
      
   Carney said he told Trump that the federal government paid some $4 billion   
   to build the Windsor-Detroit bridge and that it was built with Canadian and   
   U. S. workers and steel from both countries, despite the president's bogus   
   claims that there was "virtually no U. S. content" used during   
   construction.   
      
   While Trump said the federal government owns "both the Canada and the   
   United States side, " the bridge is, in fact, publicly owned by both Canada   
   and Michigan.   
      
   The Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, signed between the two   
   jurisdictions in 2012, guarantees its joint, binational ownership despite   
   Canada paying all upfront costs associated with construction.   
      
   The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, which will be responsible for   
   operating the bridge, is a Canadian Crown corporation. The International   
   Authority, which is composed of an equal number of representatives from   
   Canada and Michigan, has oversight over the bridge.   
      
   "This is a great example of co-operation between our countries. I look   
   forward to its opening, " Carney told reporters on Parliament Hill on   
   Tuesday morning.   
      
   "What is particularly important, of course, is the commerce and the tourism   
   and the voyages of Canadians and Americans that will go across that bridge.   
   "   
      
   U. S. President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of the   
   Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ont. , and Detroit. CBC's   
   Pratyush Dayal reports.   
      
   Carney said the U. S. ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, will "play a   
   role in smoothing the conversation in and around the bridge. "   
      
   "It was a positive conversation, " Carney said, adding he told Trump that   
   Canada's women's hockey team will beat the Americans in their Olympic   
   matchup today. "It's a big game today and we're going to win. "   
      
   Ontario Premier Doug Ford seemed unfazed by Trump's latest anti-Canada   
   tirade.   
      
   "Make no mistake about it, as sure as I'm talking to you, I'm very   
   confident the bridge is going to open, " Ford told reporters on Tuesday.   
      
   "It's going to open because it's in the best interest of the American   
   economy, " he said, pointing to the Michigan politicians who have condemned   
   Trump's remarks while voicing support for the bridge.   
      
   "If President Trump didn't want it to go forward, why did he fast track it?   
   All of a sudden, he changed his mind and it's not good, " Ford said.   
      
   Before Trump threatened to block the bridge on Monday, he had made positive   
   statements about the new link. "We look forward to the expeditious   
   completion of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will serve as a   
   vital economic link between our two countries, " Trump said in a joint   
   statement with former prime minister Justin Trudeau in 2017.   
      
      
   Carney said he also discussed issues around the Canada-U. S. -Mexico   
   agreement (CUSMA) with Trump on the call.   
      
   In an interview with Fox Business, Jamieson Greer, Trump's trade   
   representative and point-person on CUSMA, said there will be "a negotiation   
   specific to the bridge, " and he suggested the Americans want a cut of any   
   toll revenue raised by Canada.   
      
   Canada is set to collect that toll money to recoup the costs of paying for   
   a bridge, which will benefit businesses and workers on both sides of the   
   border, without any U. S. financial assistance.   
      
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