Windsor mayor plans to veto tunnel bus subsidization due to tariffs

A Windsor Transit Bus, Jan. 28, 2025 (Bob Bellacicco/CTV News Windsor)

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens has posted on social media that he plans on vetoing City Council’s decision to keep funding the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel Bus.

He said in a post on X that the bus brings around 40,000 people to Detroit annually.

“Why would we want to subsidize economic development in the U.S. when their President is assaulting our communities?” Dilkens questioned.

“We receive no benefit in return.”

In addition to cutting funding for the Tunnel Bus, he said Windsor will pull its sponsorship of the Detroit Grand Prix if the tariffs are implemented.

All other spending will be reviewed “to ensure the City of Windsor is maximizing purchases of Canadian made goods.”