DETROIT – Canadians in Windsor reacted with shock, confusion and sadness Tuesday as U.S. tariffs went into effect.
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“I’m very sad because the U.S. is so close to us here in Windsor, in Canada… we’ve been together for years… all of our lives, and it’s just sad that they would try to do this to us,” said Lorna Cooper.
Cooper used to buy her fruits and vegetables from the United States and would even cross the border to shop. She says she won’t be doing that and will look for Canadian alternatives until the 25% tariffs end.
Karan Brahmbhatt agreed, hoping enough Canadians can stop their purchasing of U.S. products to send a message to President Donald Trump. “Let’s say 80% of Canadians just go with Canadian only products it will make a huge impact.”
After President Trump’s tariffs went into effect, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced counter-tariffs. At a press conference Tuesday he said “Canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against $155 billion worth of American goods, starting with tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods immediately and tariffs on the remaining $125 billion of American products in 21 days’ time… our tariffs will remain in place until the U.S. tariffs are withdrawn and not a moment sooner.”
St. Clair College professor, Roger Bryan shared his thoughts too. In the school’s business department, “I teach rational decision making, I teach fact-based evidence.”
He went on to say the following in response to President Trump’s justification of the tariffs, “we’re the cause of the fentanyl problem and miss immigration across the border, seriously? The facts just don’t support that and that’s the rationale for doing this.”
Bryan, who spent 35 years managing consulting for one of the top cross border firms, says our economics are interconnected and describes Canada’s relationship to the U.S. as being “as integrated as your heart and your lungs, you don’t operate very long without your heart and your lungs.”
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