US tariffs 'discouraging': Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce president
CBC
The president of Thunder Bay's chamber of commerce says she's happy to see Canada and its provinces pushing back against United States tariffs.
The country imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian, and Mexican, goods on Tuesday. Canada retaliated with tariffs, and other measures, of its own.
"Canada and the provinces have been pushing very hard to try to find a solution and that would work for the US administration," said Charla Robinson, president of the city's chamber. "Unfortunately, it seems that all that effort hasn't really resulted in what we were hoping for."
"That is discouraging, but pleased to see the strength of both the prime minister and the premiers coming out and continuing to stand together, and saying, 'OK, this is where we're at. We're going to push back and we're going to do what we need to do to protect Canadians and the Canadian economy from this unjustified trade war.'"
Canada's retaliatory measures include a 25 per cent tariff of its own on U.S. imports. Ontario Premier Doug Ford also announced the LCBO would pull all American products from its shelves.
The move took the LCBO website offline on Tuesday, with a message reading "service unavailable."
"Our site is temporarily unavailable while we remove U.S. products in response to U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods. Our in-store customer service remains unaffected. Thank you for your patience and understanding."
Ford also announced that Ontario will rip-up its deal with Elon Musk's Starlink satellite Internet provider, and American companies will be barred from provincial procurement contracts.
Robinson said the United States doesn't understand how connected the two countries are.
"This is all the doing of the US government," she said. "They have made this choice to attack their friend and neighbour."
"They clearly don't quite understand just how integrated we are, and that it will be felt on the U.S. side as well as on the Canadian side," Robinson said. "This isn't just going to punish Canadians, this is going to punish Americans and they're going to feel it hard."
"The president needs to understand that."
United States President Donald Trump had initially planned to impose the tariffs about a month ago. However, he delayed the move at the last minute.
Robinson said the month-long delay was beneficial to Canadian business.
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