Canada doesn't own land on the US side of the border. The DWBIA doesn't own land. Read the Canada-Michigan Agreement 2012. Michigan, or relevant US federal authorities, own land and lease for purposes of ensuring the project proceed expeditiously. There is no fee simple land transfer anywhere. And all of this is under joint ownership (Can-Mich), and international oversight. Let's not conflate ownership with roles and responsobilities in construction, and the financing arrangement. The only thing that's changed here is Trump, who: * took ZERO issue withe the arrangement, broke ground on the Gordie in 2018; * decides in 2026 he wants to federalize the bridge, take ownership away from Michigan; * lost touch with the truth around US steel, workers, and apparently land ownership in the project - and is counting on Americans to be low information about it; * created a trade war that he now wants to use as context for an old bilateral, bipartisan agreement that should be lauded