DAVID MARCUS: Confusion reigns as Canadians confront Trump’s tariffs
The growing trade war is a much bigger deal to Canadians than to Americans
By David Marcus Fox News
Published March 9, 2025 1:43pm EDT
CALGARY, Alberta – I hadn’t even gotten off the plane in Calgary before two young men, coming home from a church mission trip, were asking me what was going on with President Donald Trump’s aggressive, on again, off again, tariffs on our neighbor to the north.
"I like Trump," one of them told me, "but I don’t understand why he is doing this to Canadians."
What struck me is that he didn’t ask why Trump was doing this to Canada, or the soon-to-be-replaced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but rather, to Canadians.
After talking to them, and more Canadians around Calgary on Saturday, I started to get the sense that even if Trump thinks the tariffs are strictly business, the denizens of the Great White North are clearly taking it personally.
Signs on the way into town urged Canadians to boycott American goods. Above one store was a somewhat confusing sign that read, "Our orange Cheetos don’t impose tariffs," and even as Canada’s Liberal Party moves to name a new prime minister this week, the tariffs are the thing on the top of everyone’s mind.
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