Emma Loop

NEW: The billionaire U.S. owners of the busiest land border crossing in North America turned to a high-powered lobbying firm run by former top aides to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in recent years, records show. cbc.ca/news/canada/wi… #cdnpoli

Though Hoekstra cited alcohol as the top trade irritant, he also said Canadian bureaucracy — having meetings about meetings — is another irritant, per one of the people in attendance. More details here: cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra quietly met with mould-makers in Windsor last week. They say Hoekstra told them the U.S. is ready to make a deal, and suggested that putting American alcohol back on store shelves could lead to tariff relief. cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

Per the Detroit News, a sticking point for the U.S. in talks to open the Gordie Howe bridge is that it'll take too long for Canada to recoup the cost to build it, thus delaying Michigan's future revenue — despite the fact that Canada paid in full. detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

Friends across the Border. Windsor and Detroit firefighters conducted a joint water flowing drill on the Gordie Howe International Bridge today. Thank you USCBP and CBSA agents for your service. @DetroitFire @GordieHoweBrg 🇺🇸🇨🇦

Made it back to the top of the order and still only 1 out 🤯

I think the Jays' offense just woke up

Story: cbc.ca/news/politics/…

Breaking: Longtime CPC MP Marilyn Gladu is crossing the floor to join the Liberals. "I’ve heard clearly from constituents that you want serious leadership and a real plan to build a stronger and more independent Canadian economy." #cdnpoli

Stellantis talks to build Chinese EVs in Brampton is 'unacceptable': Ontario premier cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

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Bloomberg scoop: Chinese EVs could be built in the Stellantis plant in Brampton, where a planned Jeep production line was cancelled last year and moved to the US. Stellantis has discussed with Canadian officials the idea of building Leapmotor EVs there bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

U.S. lawmakers demand answers after Canadian man says border officers made him give DNA sample. Ontario man, 68, says he was threatened with prosecution if he didn’t comply, @LoopEmma reports cbc.ca/news/canada/wi… Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers from the Trump administration after a Canadian man says U.S. customs officers held him for three hours at the border and forced him to provide a DNA sample before sending him home. cbc.ca/news/canada/wi…

@mindingottawa reports that Transport Canada assumed direct control yesterday of the Gordie Howe bridge following Trump's threat last month to block its opening. blacklocks.ca/feds-take-lega…

ICYMI: This is the third Stellantis-related contract for federal funding — the subject of much debate late last year. We previously obtained & published two others for the NextStar battery plant; this is the one for the Windsor/Brampton re-tooling, which I got via #ATIP.

U.S. military aircraft using Canadian airspace to refuel en route to Middle East theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Confidential contract between feds, Stellantis reveals Brampton factory and worker terms. $529M deal became target of scrutiny after Stellantis announced Brampton plant ‘pause,’ @LoopEmma reports cbc.ca/news/canada/wi… Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

You can read the contract here — also embedded/linked within the story: documentcloud.org/documents/2789…

EXCLUSIVE: The confidential $539M contract between the federal government and Stellantis, revealed: cbc.ca/news/canada/wi… #cdnpoli #stellantis