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Trucker Protest Starts to Bite as Ford Is Forced to Idle Factory

The protest blocking freight traffic from Detroit into Canada is starting to hit crucial supply chains, as Ford Motor Co. was forced to idle a Canadian engine factory and operate an assembly plant at reduced capacity.

Ford’s engine plant in Windsor, Ontario, is shut down and the schedule cut back at a factory in the Toronto suburbs that makes the Edge model, spokesperson Said Deep said Wednesday an email. The automaker is continuing to ship engine inventory to U.S. plants, he added.

The blockade of the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor by protesters angry over Covid restrictions is in …

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