Ford says truck blockade in Canada hurts customers and workers 'on both sides of the border'

Truck drivers block a bridge in Canada.
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The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario, is affecting several automakers, prompting them to curb production amid parts shortages.

Wednesday was the third day that the bridge, which carries 25 percent of all trade between the United States and Canada, was blocked. There are about 50 to 74 vehicles and 100 protesters at the bridge, The Associated Press reports, with the demonstrators demanding that Canada end its COVID-19 safety policies. About 90 percent of Canadian truck drivers are vaccinated, and most of the protesters are in pickup trucks, not big rigs, AP reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.