Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland grossly inflated estimates of the Freedom Convoy impact on the Canadian economy, internal documents show. Freeland cited figures described in one Department of Transport memo as an “extreme case” that did not reflect actual data.
“The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge has affected about $390 million in trade each day,” Freeland told reporters last February 14. “This bridge supports 30% of all trade by road between Canada and the United States.”
Windsor? $3 billion?
The economic nightmare that wasn’t? Border blockades had little effect on trade, data reveals: https://t.co/oPlIljx3k1 https://t.co/6lIn4zTFjk— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) October 15, 2022
