Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fired a shot across Wasington’s bows Friday morning after President Donald Trump ordered 3M to stop selling N95 face masks to Canada..“The level of integration between our economies goes both ways across the border, Trudeau said during his easily morning briefing on Friday..“We are receiving essential supplies from the United States, but the United States also receives essential supplies and products – and indeed, health-care professionals – from Canada every single day..“It would be a mistake to create blockages or reduce the amount of back-and-forth trade in essential goods and services, including medical goods, across our border.”.More than 1,500 nurses cross the Ambassador Bridge everyday from Windsor into Detroit to work in its health care system..On Thursday night Trump tweeted his administration had “hit 3M hard today after seeing what they were doing with their Masks.”.3M said the U.S. government has invoked the Defense Production Act to force the company to “cease exporting respirators that we currently manufacture in the United States to the Canadian and Latin American markets..“There are, however, significant humanitarian implications of ceasing respirator supplies to healthcare workers in Canada and Latin America, where we are a critical supplier of respirators,” 3M said in a statement..Ontario Premier Doug Ford tweeted: “The health and well-being of our front-line workers depend on these essential medical items and now more than ever our countries need to work together to combat COVID-19.”.While he hasn’t spoken to Trump, Trudeau said top levels of his government have been in touch with their American counterparts..Dave Naylor is the News Editor off The Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter: twitter/Nobby7694
