I'm here for it. They are always welcome to go around. maybe through the frozen ice sheets of the Bering Strait?
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2025
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They don't already?
The US government built the Alaska Highway. And then gave it to Canada, effectively.
The US also doesn't toll Canadian vehicles going around Northern Ontario.
We used to be friends and neighbours
Well they did build that highway without our consent.
That's not at all what it sounds like. I'm reading:
The original agreement between Canada and the United States regarding construction of the highway stipulated that its Canadian portion be turned over to Canada six months after the end of the war. In the postwar settlement, Canada did not pay for the highway itself, but assumed responsibility for its ongoing maintenance; furthermore, Canada compensated the United States for associated airfields, telephone lines, and other assets. The handover took place on April 1, 1946, when the U.S. Army transferred control of the road through Yukon and British Columbia to the Canadian Army, Northwest Highway System.
Canada and the US signed an agreement to make this happen. It also sounds like the road was virtually unusable during WWII
Can you explain the tolls in northern ontario?
Do they maintain it though? Just because they build doesn't mean it's free forever.
100% tariff! Make them fly their shit into alaska
They send a lot by tug and barge. Some of the loads you see going up there are quite precarious looking, containers stacked 6+ high with all sorts of "loose" cargo on top, from RVs to excavators to small boats on trailers. It would be a real shame if they had to travel through international waters instead of the nice, sheltered inside passage.