The "non-partisian" Michigan Truth Squad (ha ha ha hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, sorry) , enforcer for The Center for Michigan, recent did an entry on the whole DRIC/NITC/Gordie Howe Bridge debacle.

(the above link is tricky, try here if it doesn't work)

Long story short, they're calling the Canadian "loan" statement in the ads into question and calling the entire ad campaign a "foul" on that basis.

It's a shame that those people don't read the trades just a little bit more often.

"Snyder revealed that last week he'd reached an agreement with the Obama administration to count the Canadian contribution of $550m to the project as if they were a Michigan match for other federally supported projects. (NOTE: We have referred to this $550m as a loan and so have most other reports. However on checking it is better characterized as a Canadian contribution they hope to recoup - on terms as yet undefined -editor)"

Another thing that the guv and his puppeteers have overlooked: Canada has eco-nuts, too!

"Sierra Club Ontario Director Dan McDermott addressed the environmental cost of DRIC, noting that WEP construction would damage the Ojibway Complex, Canada's largest remaining tall grass prairie ecosystem and threaten at least eight Species at Risk."