City of Windsor residents are still holding the bill for extra expenses incurred during the Ambassador Bridge blockade.
Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens indicated neither the federal nor provincial government have come forward to cover the millions of dollars the city spent to dismantle the protest.
"Our federal government needs to step forward and recognize that this was a national economic emergency for which our city responded for the national economic interest of our country. This was an atypical municipal event and we need to be made whole for the actions that were taken," said Dilkens.
Traffic across the Ambassador Bridge was blocked for almost a week. At the time the City of Windsor estimated policing costs during the protest and the following weeks were $5.7-million.
'It would be completely unfair for residents of the City of Windsor to shoulder the burden for a national economic emergency and that's exactly what this was," said Dilkens. After the blockade was dismantled police seized 37 vehicles, arrested 46 participants, and laid 90 charges.
