NewsTracker Answers for week of Feb. 14, 2022

Q: Over the weekend, Canadian police removed protesting truckers who had blockaded a major international bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Where is Canada’s province of Ontario?

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Q: While the anti-vaccine protesters were cleared away from the Ambassador Bridge, hundreds of truckers continued protesting outside Parliament in Canada’s capital 500 miles to the northeast. What is the capital of Canada?

A. Montreal

B. Ottawa

C. Toronto

D. Vancouver


B. The national capital of Ottawa is in southeastern Ontario on the border of Quebec, Canada’s second most populous province after Ontario. Truckers have been protesting at Parliament Hill for three weeks, and the mayor of Ottawa was trying to convince them to leave some of the capital’s residential neighborhoods.


Q: Beginning Saturday morning, hundreds of Canadian police began routing trucks blocking approaches in Windsor at which end of the Ambassador Bridge?

A. North

B. East

C. South

D. West


C. The Ambassador Bridge crosses the Detroit River and runs between the U.S. city that actually lies north of the Canadian city.


Q: The Ambassador Bridge carries more than 25 percent of all merchandise trade between the United States and Canada, making it the busiest international border crossing in North America in terms of trade volume. What business was hardest hit by the week-long blockade?

A. Automotive

B. Food

C. Lumber

D. Oil


A. “Just-in-time” deliveries across the bridge are vital to auto builders and supplies on both sides of the border. Several automotive plants were forced to close or cut production last week, idling workers in both nations. Canada is our biggest partner, with Ambassador Bridge trade alone equaling all U.S. business with Japan.


Q: The Canadian protests inspired similar protests in what other nation?

A. Australia

B. France

C. New Zealand

D. All of the above


D. Anti-vaccine truck convoys were reported in Australia, New Zealand and France as prominent right-wing figures praised the protests. There have been growing calls by some politicians and pundits for similar protests in the United States.