How Trucker Protests Shut the Canadian Border and Rocked the Economy
- Trucker protests spread into sprawling anti-government ire
- U.S. bracing for possibility of its own caravan of protests
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Canadian protests that began by championing the rights of truckers have spread into sprawling, ad-hoc anti-establishment demonstrations across the country -- shuttering crucial trade links, confounding police and giving hints that the efforts could spread.
As of Thursday, the rolling blockades had closed three U.S.-Canada border crossings, including the crucial Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, which is responsible for $13.5 million per hour in economic activity, according to the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce.