Mark Carney pressed to clarify Gordie Howe bridge toll sharing with U.S. in confidential deal

The prime minister has said he U.S. immediately gets some share of revenues contrary to the original deal, but has been pressed to clarify how much

Prime Minister Mark Carney continued to face questions on Thursday about the financial details of a deal his government made with the United States to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge on July 27. In particular, Carney was pressed on what share of the tolls will go to each party, given that originally Canada was to receive all the tolls until it was fully repaid for fully financing the bridge, after which the two countries would split the revenues. The terms of the new deal, agreed to last week, have not been disclosed by either the Canadian or U.S. government.

Carney has said the new arrangement will see the U.S. immediately getting some share of revenues, but has been pressed to clarify exactly how much. “We will split net revenues over the course of the first 15 years, and those net revenues are after operational costs,” said Carney, during a press conference in London, Ont. on Thursday.

“It’s manning the toll booths, it’s maintenance, it’s snow removal, a series of other operational costs.” But Bloomberg News reported this week that a U.S. official contradicted that and that interest costs will not be included in the calculation. The prime minister made no