Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump speak before the FIFA World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 5, 2025. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump about his threat to bar the opening of a new bridge linking Ontario and Michigan, and said he expects the situation will be remedied. “The situation will be resolved,” Carney told reporters in French in the House of Commons on Feb. 10.
Trump said on his Truth Social platform on Feb. 9 that he would not allow the Gordie Howe Bridge between the two countries to open unless the United States is compensated, saying the agreement on the bridge signed under former U.S. President Barack Obama did not benefit the United States. Trump said Canada would own both sides of the bridge, which would also not be built using U.S. steel.
