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It would be an understatement to say the terms of surrender dictated to Windsor by the Justin Trudeau regime on behalf of its influential little friend, the Ambassador Bridge Co., are a tough swallow.

This is kiss-the-dirt humiliation imposed by a government that couldn’t care less about the Windsor area, electorally speaking, but sees value in building on its relationship with the billionaire American owner of vital cross-border trade infrastructure.

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You shall submit. But feel free to sit down with those nice folks from the bridge company and hammer out your best deal. Those were Windsor’s marching orders from the feds following the bridge company’s shocking revelation that it has Canadian cabinet approval to build its new six-lane span next to the existing bridge.

Bridge company officials, in a remarkable display of self-control, didn’t openly gloat, let alone dance a jig, to celebrate their victory over Windsor in a mega-bucks struggle dating back at least 15 years. But those chocolate-chip cookies at company headquarters must have tasted especially sweet.