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New article about the economical effects of the Ambassador Bridge blockade

Ambassador Bridge blockades will have ‘lasting effect’ on supply chain, experts say

A slew of consumer goods and time-critical supplies will be disrupted by even short-term blockades at the Ambassador Bridge, experts say, as the protests in solidarity with the so-called “Freedom Convoy” stretch into a third day.

Traffic delays continue Wednesday at the bridge connecting Windsor, Ont., to Detroit, Mich., as 50 to 70 vehicles are blocking off parts of the busy border crossing, though traffic into Canada from the U.S. resumed Tuesday.

Protests are also ongoing at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing and on highways surrounding Canada-U.S. border crossings in Ontario, as well as in downtown Ottawa.
The Ambassador Bridge is a critical trade link for Canada and the U.S.

It’s the busiest land border crossing in North America with up to 10,000 trucks travelling across the bridge daily, representing a quarter of all commercial trade between the countries, according to Fraser Johnson, professor of operations management at the Ivey Business School.

Daily, the Ambassador Bridge is responsible for $350 million to $400 million worth of goods, he says.

With such a significant volume of goods relying on the bridge, the impacts of a shutdown would be felt in every aspect of the economy, Johnson says.

That includes fresh produce grown in states such as California, which becomes increasingly critical in Canada’s cold winter months. Electronic and other consumer goods would also face delays.

“Everything that we touch as consumers would be affected,” he says.

While grocery stores likely still have inventory to put on the shelves this week, Johnson says there will be a “ripple effect” on producers and transportation companies as suppliers attempt to catch up from delays caused by even a few days of blockades at the border.
The Ambassador Bridge is by no means the only border crossing in Ontario, but nearby bridges in Sarnia or Niagara are likely to face backups as transportation companies attempt to adjust their shipping routes.

“You can’t take the 10,000 trucks a day that are going across the Ambassador Bridge and divert them to the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia, for example, and not expect to have capacity problems and long backups,” Johnson says.

“This is a critical issue. It’s not easily resolved from a logistics standpoint … There will be a lasting effect of this over the next few weeks, certainly, even if it gets resolved quickly.”
Automotive hit hard

Among the sectors that rely most on the free flow of goods across the Ambassador Bridge is the automotive industry.

Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, tells Global News that “95 per cent of the Canadian auto industry is in a 400-kilometre corridor from Windsor to just east of the Greater Toronto Area.”

Virtually all imports and exports critical to Canada-U.S. vehicle assembly lines flow across that bridge, he says.
The auto industry functions on a “just-in-time principle” that sees assembly lines run based on a meticulous schedule for parts coming to the factory right when they’re needed, Volpe says.

A Michigan assembly line for a pickup truck might hinge on the day’s delivery of seats from a London, Ont.-based plant, for example. Holdups at the border could see work shut down for the day and other deliveries pile up as knock-on effects from a single delay ripple through the supply chain.

A General Motors plant in Michigan shut down a second production shift over part shortages related to delays at the border, a local news station reported Wednesday.

“We’re looking right now, a day into this, at slowdowns and closures at manufacturing plants in the entire region. That’s Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,” Volpe says.

“It is breathlessly stupid for a group that wants to inspire people to join their movement, to put those same people out of work,” he says of “Freedom Convoy” supporters.
U.S., Canadian officials concerned

Officials on both sides of the border signalled their concerns about protests stalling trade along the corridor on Wednesday.

“The Ambassador Bridge is a vital artery to our country … it is central to the functioning of our economy,” Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said in a press conference.

Omar Alghabra, Canada’s transportation minister, pointed to the early concerns about supply chain impacts stemming from a vaccination mandate for cross-border truckers — the impetus for the convoy’s demonstrations, which have now evolved to cover a swath of anti-government sentiments — as a legitimate consequence of what he called “illegal blockades” at the Ambassador Bridge.

“I find it ironic that the same people who were trying to sell Canadians fake stories about empty shelves are now the ones causing these shelves to go empty,” he said Wednesday.

Windsor’s mayor and chief of police called for support from the federal and provincial governments to end the blockade on Wednesday.

Alghabra, Blair and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino each called the Ambassador Bridge blockades “illegal” or “unlawful” on Wednesday, but said it was in the hands of law enforcement in the region to remove the protesters from the bridge.

“The existing authorities are in place in the law so that law enforcement can do the job,” Mendocino said.
The trade disruptions caused by Canadian protests could be “ammunition” for economic nationalists on the other side of the border who are arguing against relying on their northern neighbours for goods and services, Johnson notes.

“We’ve seen a lot of supply chain shortages and organizations are reevaluating their supply chain risks. And there’s a huge sentiment in the states about ‘Buy America,’” he says.
Though the economic value of Canadian contributions to the auto industry remains strong, Volpe says some U.S. officials might be concerned about a lack of leadership from Canadian officials.

“We’re not at that point yet where you question whether you should supply (auto parts) from Canada,” he says.

“The question isn’t whether there is a good infrastructure and great supply on the side of the border. It’s whether law enforcement on this side of the border takes laws that are on the books as seriously as the ones on the other side.”
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Me? I'm Tight As Fuck said:
Heads up on BC: MSM has done a good job of burying developments in Western Canada. Are there any Maritime Province kiwis tracking situations out there? I've seen headlines of pre-emptive action against any protests.
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Can't really speak for PEI or Nova Scotia but in NB, Premier Higgs has pushed through some new ''laws'' about blocking the street or rendering "material aid" to protesters. Absolute clown shit that you can guarantee the orders to prevent any roads getting blocked came from Irving, the paper and petroleum barons that actually own and run the province.
 
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Southern anarchist youtuber Beau of the Fifth Column argues that Canada is better prepared to deal with the rise of the far-right than America. Argues that sovereign citizens have taken control.

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Woe-B-Gon (TM) said:
But that leaves us back at square one, because of To Anacreon in Heaven:


The music that's best known as the backing for The Star-Spangled Banner was originally a theme tune for a London club.

(And I'm still juvenile enough to be amused by the connotations of "... to intwine / The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine.")
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There is a vast gulf of difference between “The tune originated in England but has become ubiquitously American” and “The tune is literally used to venerate the British Monarchy to the point where it’s still the fucking national anthem of Great Britain.”

“God Save the Queen” is what they play when British athletes stand on the podium after winning gold in the Olympics. “My Country Tis of Thee” would, in addition to just making things more confusing, look like an embarrassing act of submission.
 
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Your rights end where big business begins.


"Please send your children home. It is bad optics when we have to unleash the riot cops on them."


Doug Ford declares the protest a siege and illegal occupation.


Doug Ford goes out of his way to describe a terrorist without actually saying terrorist while he explains to the proles that the working class can not disobey the bureaucratic class.


The consequences will never be the same.


The official declaration of a state of emergency


If they can't outlaw protesting they will outlaw any way to publicly protest.


lmao he is saying that they are going to enforce a 100K fine and year in prison to everyone at the protest and take away the personal and professional licenses of all people involved.


"These laws we just passed to curb your rights to protest and free speech? Yeah they won't infringe on your rights to protest and free speech. Oh by the way we are going to make them permanent."


"Lace up the jackboots boys, it's time to kick heads."


Canadian Gaytor asking A-logging the fuck out of Doug Ford.



The current declaration of a state of emergency is limited to 42 hours. However tomorrow there will be a meeting to discuss further measures. She also curiously refers to human beings that have grievances with the totalitarian measures they are being subjected to as "public health issues," during a long and meandering response cum speech.

To me this seems that they are testing the waters to see how much of a pushback they get if they use force. Rattle the saber and if the protesters breaks they can sweep everyone else up.

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On the "Bowlleux Mobile" channel livestream the guy noticed some cops are now carrying gas masks. He asked one cop if they had done that from the start and the cop said they had. the streamer is now going around trying to interview police about it. Sorry for the bad pic but it's the black pouches hanging from their hips.
 
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An Avenging Bird said:
This has really all come down to that moment in Fight Club when the Brad Pitt character, or the Edward Norton one in his head whatever, says to the establishment clown the following:

"The people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances. We guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us."

Somebody mentioned earlier that when people who actually get shit done stop complying, it's catastrophic.
These truckers are the personification of all of us.
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Check Your Roof said:
I wasn't aware it was widespread enough to deserve its own thread. Is it now, though? I've heard about it here and there but not much. School walkouts won't have near as much an effect as the truckers.
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There's noticeable buzz on twitter and those are third or fourth hand accounts. Can someone dive in tiktok?

The ottawa protest is the armlock and everything else is the twist. Media can't call the kids white nationalists for opposing mandates (hopefully)
 
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theshitposter said:
There's noticeable buzz on twitter and those are third or fourth hand accounts. Can someone dive in tiktok?

The ottawa protest is the armlock and everything else is the twist. Media can't call the kids white nationalists for opposing mandates (hopefully)
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Trust me, in a couple hours, CTV and CBC will start running stories about why they just HAD to shoot all of those evil, nazi children and why its a good thing they're dead.
 
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CognitiveDeficiency said:
He declared a state of emergency
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Ontario truly is China. Protestors demanding freedom?

  1. Declare a state of emergency
  2. Make dubious new legal orders to seize their bank accounts
  3. "Remove" dissidents from their protests
  4. ???
  5. Profit
We're on step 2.

It's funny, the price of housing is extremely high and unaffordable. This is because foreign Chinese money buys up all the real estate in Canada, at massively inflated prices.

Why? Because they're not using it as a way to invest/live/make money, they're using it as a way to funnel money out of their Chinese bank accounts.

The reason why they want to get as much money out of those accounts is because the Chinese government can seize your bank account for any reason at any time, when you are convicted of a 'crime'.

So, Ontario making trumped up laws to seize the money legally raised as donations is further devolving this place to match our ChiCom masters rule.
 
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Ford refused to answer a direct question about whether the police would be using force. He deflected by saying he does not control the police, but then went on a several minute rant about how necessary it was to keep American facotries open. He also admitted that for as many truckers as there were, there were far more regular folk supporting the protest.

Also he has been snowboard instead of dealing with this shit
 
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