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Canada marked the opening of a bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, on Friday (July 24) in a quiet celebration without U.S. officials after a dispute over toll-sharing. Gregor Robertson, Canada's Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, said the bridge ultimately "serves both countries so well." - REUTERS
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00:04Our relationship has been challenged over the last few years.
00:09And President Trump has threatened new tariffs just this month.
00:13But Team Canada is never being more united.
00:16The Canada-Michigan crossing agreement and the recently negotiated agreement in principle
00:23between Canada and the United States remain unchanged from Canada's perspective.
00:28We're looking forward to getting the bridge open on Monday
00:31and all of the trade and community benefits that are coming from that.
00:36Given the recent tariff action from the U.S.,
00:40we felt that we should focus today on celebrating here in Canada,
00:44on the workers who put in all the work to build this bridge,
00:48the many Canadians and Americans who did the hard work on it.
00:52We were joined by some Americans here today.
00:54But given the back and forth between our levels of government,
00:59we thought it's more appropriate for us to focus on celebrating here in Canada today.
01:03Let's see.
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