COVID-19 truck blockade in Canada shuts down Ford plant

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-prince-edward-canada-6f60c879c0c2eff82235e3157ad79bb0

COVID-19 truck blockade in Canada shuts down Ford plant
By ROB GILLIES and TOM KRISHER

TORONTO (AP) — A blockade of the bridge between Canada and Detroit by protesters demanding an end to Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions forced the shutdown Wednesday of a Ford plant and began to have broader implications for the North American auto industry.

The protest by people mostly in pickup trucks entered its third day at the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Traffic was prevented from entering Canada, while U.S.-bound traffic was still moving.

The bridge carries 25% of all trade between the two countries, and Canadian authorities expressed increasing worry about the economic effects.

Ford said late Wednesday that parts shortages forced it to shut down its engine plant in Windsor and to run an assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, on a reduced schedule.

“This interruption on the Detroit-Windsor bridge hurts customers, auto workers, suppliers, communities and companies on both sides of the border,” Ford said in a statement. “We hope this situation is resolved quickly because it could have widespread impact on all automakers in the U.S. and Canada.”

[Pas-de-Calais]

1. Was worried about this when the other day

The mention of how close the situation was near this

[roamer65]

2. I think they should take bus loads of unemployed UAW folks to the bridge.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

3. I agree - Michigan is Pis.d

This is definitely not boding well for the Republican party.

[roamer65]

6. We are and more of us will be in Michigan.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[ForgedCrank]

5. Ford announced

the shutdown of 8 plants like a week or week and a half ago because of ongoing parts shortages, chips and various other components.
I'm not saying this blockade isn't causing further issues, I'm just saying that this was already a problem for other reasons.

[Roland99]

7. Rocket launchers? Military equipment shoving blockade aside?

[3Hotdogs]

8. I wonder if Ford is one of the corporations that still donates to Repuke Congress critters

that voted against certifying Biden's election.

[Buddy2]

9. I thought the news had said they were already shut down?