Carney speaks to Trump after U.S. president erupts over Gordie Howe bridge

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke to his U.S. counterpart early Tuesday morning about the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which Donald Trump has threatened to block, explaining to him that Canadians paid for the bridge in full and that the Americans already have an ownership stake.

Carney said he told Trump that the federal government paid some $4 billion to build the Windsor-Detroit bridge and that it was built with Canadian and U.S. workers and steel from both countries, despite the president's bogus claims that there was "virtually no U.S. content" used during construction.

While Trump said the federal government owns "both the Canada and the United States side," the bridge is, in fact, publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan...