here about what s more important, your health or your freedom to go to the movies? it will get resolved. what is happening in windsor is different than what is happening in ottawa. there are 30 people with pickup trucks who have blocked hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from michigan. you talk about the michigan auto plants being closing. there is about 100,000 people in michigan that can t go to work today because we can t clear some people off the road on the windsor side. we are looking forward to seeing that change and having a really healthy debate about what we should do going forward. bill: two more questions. talked about michigan south of the border here. unemployment rate 5.6%. higher than the national average. auto industry, 225 billion to the state economy. 83% directly attributed to auto
port huron about an hour north of detroit, it takes a long time, several hours for a truck to get through that port because the bridge is too small, too many trucks, and they have customs that they have to get through as well. police on the windsor side said they re only dealing with 100 protesters, 50 or 75 personal vehicles that are blocking the access to the bridge. they re trying to keep other roads open to bridge access but it s very difficult. windsor police saying that they want to resolve the situation through the use of diplomacy and negotiation seeking a solution that is safe and sustainable for our community. clearly a lot of people on both sides of the border getting antsy and wanting to get this wrapped up. it s been a few days now of this. tonight will be the third night that they have shut down that bridge. and we are waiting to see if police at some point will use more stringent measures to try to move those protesters off. they say they re doing everything from making
that s not generally what happens, which leads me to the next question, you do a lot of writing about things people don t have in the front of their minds and sue mersive element of that is you hope they read your stuff and do something. is that inequality around the world something people at davos can tackle? is this their job? can they do it? we can certainly do a better job. frankly, it would be useful if more trump administration officials were here. the crisis confronting the working class in the west is crucial. and other countries have done better at it. you quoted chrystia freeland. canada, auto workers lost their jobs in detroit and windsor, on ontario from globalization. those auto workers on the windsor side of the border were so much better off than those on the american side. there are lessons we can learn from that. nick, cougood to see you.