{"id":44131,"date":"2026-02-12T19:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=44131"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T00:55:58","slug":"did-canada-give-1-2-a-bridge-to-the-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=44131","title":{"rendered":"did canada give 1\/2 a bridge to the usa?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>chat I had <a href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/share\/f308e5f92e9f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with gemini+ on this<\/a>.  confirms that canada paid for full cost, even the usa side, but michigan will own its half.  BUT canada will collect 100% tolls froom both sides until 1\/2 cost is paid off (expected when??);<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the chat above brings up the possible grift going on with the owners of the existing bridge (Ambassador?). <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?tag=paul\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">paul<\/a> mentioned this.  the gemini chat offered to keep an eye on things&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>see also: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambassadorbridge.com\/bridge-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deep read on the Ambassador Bridge, its construction, ownership<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>see also: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?tag=bridges\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bridges<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chat I had with gemini+ on this. confirms that canada paid for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[1767,84,1102,57],"class_list":["post-44131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-bridges","tag-canada","tag-tfg","tag-usa","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44131"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44136,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44131\/revisions\/44136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}