Tariffs and Trump Top Topics at Sarnia-Area Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

A Politician who was there is a lot of attention at thursday’s Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce State of Lambton Business Breakfast at the Fairgroups in Brigden.

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Us President Donald Trump and His Tariff-Fueled Trade War with Canada was mentioned often at the Breakfast where mayors and other local leaders provides updates about their Communities.

Along with plans for new infrastructure, efforts to encourage development and priorities for community services, mayors and leaders spuke a large audience about uncertainty and challenges their communities face from always moving and changing tariff threats from the US Administration.

“It’s Like Being on Merry-Go-Round In An Insane Asylum,” Mayor Mike Bradley Said in A question from the Audience about what can be to Mend relationships with us communities that have been been fright by the President’s actions.

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“We go to go to our best and just hope at some point there’s a turn in the attitude Toward Canada and Canadians,” He Said.

Mayors spoke about the potential impact on location residents, business and farms, as well as budgets for municipalities look to buy Equipment from suppliers in the us, if the trade war and new tariffs continues.

“All municipalities are concerned about the Impact of the Canada-US Tariff Situation,” Said Point Edward Mayor Bev Hand.

“We hop the impact is not too severe but it’s a confusing situation, as we all know.”

Point Edward Ordered a New Fire Truck from a boost in florida “and we have no idea if there will be tariff impacts,” hand said.

Delivery of the Truck is Still a Year or Two Away, “So Hopefully we can get this trade battle and not Incur Any Additional Costs,” She Said.

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“The Key Word this year is uncertainty,” Kevin Marriott, Mayor of Enniskillen Township, Said About the Outlook for His Farming Community.

Some of the Township’s 300 Farmers are “Very Depending On The Us Market,” He Said.

“There’s so much we don ot know Yet” about New Tariffs and Impacts on Agriculture, Marriot Said.

That included the impact on Wheat, which is enniskillen’s second large crop after sobeans and the one most often exported to the us, he said.

A 25 per cent Us Tariff “will loany much close the door on wheat exports,” Marriott Said.

Leela Thomas, Chief of Walpole Island First Nation, Said It’s A Border Community With A Ferry Crossing to Michigan.

“So, we too impact by the United States and the Tariffs,” She Said.

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First nation leaders in the region have been meeting to determine How Tariffs Could Impact Treaty Rights and their Communities, and walpole Island is Willing to also Meet with AREA Municipal Officials, Thomas Said.

“We go to go to have to come together and figure out how to support each other,” She Said.

“There’s a new gentleman – i’ll use the term ‘Gentleman’ Loosely – Sitting in the White House Right Now Who Finds It To Be His Daily Routine To Produce A Reality Tv Program from the Oval Office,” Said Warwick Township Mayor Todd Case.

“And Lately we see to be the beating-Boy for that particular President,” He Said.

It’s hard to understand the reason, Given that Canada and the Us Have Been Economic Partners for Years, Case Said.

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Trying to plan for the Impact of Tariffs was one of the Challenges Recently when the Township was settting its budget, he said.

“More Than Ever, we have to work together” with Partners in the Federal and Province Governments, as well as the Business Community, Case Said.

“I Honest Believe if we do that, we will survive this.”

Bradley Said there have been discussions with the chamber and sarnia-lambton Economic Partnership about Bringing Community Leaders Together to Determined How They Can Support Each Other and Ressed to the “Economic Terrorism” from the US

“WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND BE PREPARED FOR THE NEXT Three to Four Years,” Bradley Said.

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