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applegrove

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1. At the Winsor/Detroit border they are actually hurting the trucking industry

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Wed Feb 9, 2022, 09:27 PM

Feb 2022

in the future, not to mention Canadian manufacturing jobs, by making Canada a less secure place to invest. Hundreds if millions of dollars a day of car parts go both ways across that border ever day. It will hurt investment in manufacturing in Canada. People are already laid off. It is just stupid for the future of cross border trucking.

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Could someone who's been following the Ottawa trucker protest minutely enlighten me? [View all] Girard442 Feb 2022 OP

At the Winsor/Detroit border they are actually hurting the trucking industry applegrove Feb 2022 #1

Is this all over not getting vaccinated? Is it? Man, how can fwvinson Feb 2022 #6

We'll know more in a few months. I'm sure there are lots of journalists on the job and people applegrove Feb 2022 #7

I really don't believe it's about vaccinations at all. no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #11

Organized funded astroturf, just like the teabaggers. FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #2

Just like Trump's "tariff war" it will back fire. nt Samrob Feb 2022 #3

Here's a good article on it jmbar2 Feb 2022 #4

If they follow the Trump model, they promised to cover all the truckers' extraordinary expenses... Girard442 Feb 2022 #5

Apparently Meowmee Feb 2022 #8

More like 90% Disaffected Feb 2022 #9

I don't know Meowmee Feb 2022 #10

Soon they will whine that their trucking firms reassessed and moved to use driverless trucks. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #12