‘Tariffs Are Going to Hurt Our Community, There’s no question’: Brantford Mayor

Viewers of CNN North and South of the Canada-Us Border May Soon have a Better Idea of ​​What the Gretzky Family Means to Brantford.

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Mayor Kevin Davis, A Stauunch Defender of the Family, Shared His Views With the Multi-National News Organization During An Interview Late Last Week. He also used the opportunity to explain why tariffs don make sense for eITher country.

The Mayor Said He Spoke With Cnn For About 70 Minutes and Many of the Questions WEE ABOUT The Controversy Surrounding Wayne Gretzky’s Friendship With Us President Donald Trump As Well As Questions About The Impact of Tariffs. There we also question about the community in general. The interview took place at the bell hommestead.

Davis Said he isn’t sure when the Segment Will Appear On Cnn But Believes It’s Likely To Be Broadcast On “Liberation Day” – April 2. That’s the day the United States under President Donald Trump Intends to Roll Out Sweeping Tariffs on Number of Goods Being SHIPPED States.

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“There’s Often Talk about the Electricity That We Send to the United States from Ontario But What People you Often Talk about is the 50 per cent of the High Quality Nickel that’s use by America in its manufacturing processes, a Critical Ingredient in Modern Manufacturing Ontario, ”Davis Said in an interview with the exhibition.

“That Whole Ring of Fire Contains Rare Minerals That Can Be Mined in A Responsible Manner to Provide North America – Canada and the Us With A Supply of These Critical Minerals for Modern Technology and Production Without Having to Rely on China or Russia.

“Why Are We (Canada and the US) Not that?”

The Ring of Fire is a Large Area in Northern Ontario That Contains Nickel, Copper, Gold, Zinc and Other Valuable Minerals.

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The Mayor Said Those Are the Kinds of Points That Are Being Raised by People Such As Ontario Premier Doug Ford who Are Trying to Convince the Us that a Canada – Us Trade War Doesn’t Make Sense.

It’s about Dealing With Facts and What Can Be Done To Build A Prosperous Future for Both Countries, Davis Said.

The Tariffs are expected to have a huge impact on many sectors of the economy include automobile manufacturing, food processing and the pharmaceutical industry.

“We do not have an auto assessment plant in Brantford Like Other Communities Such as Cambridge, London and Windsor so While we have some exhibition in that sector, it’s not as great as in those Communities,” Davis Said. “Where we do have a lot of exhibition and where we are vulnerable is in the pharmaceutical and food processing industries.

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“We have a large food processing sector and it’s vulnerable because the raw materials they use from the United States.”

However, Food Processing Companies Are Able to Adapt to Changing Market Conditions More Quickly Than The Auto Industry. Some are Already Looking at Markets in England and Elsewher, Davis Said.

“I’m very impressed with what some of the companies are Doing in the Face of the Threats – They’re Being Innovative,” Davis Said. “There are sometimes that are very vulnerable and they are about that they are going to be able to survive.

“The Tariffs are going to high community, there’s no question.”

A Recent Report Released by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Said Brantford is the Fifth Most Vulnerable Canadian City when it comes to us Tariffs Being Applied to Items Crossing the Border.

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While the Changing Circumstances Will Hurt, Davis Said the Situation is not hope.

“We were through this in the 1980s after Massey’s closed,” Davis Said, Referencing the Closure of the Massey-Ferguson Manufacturing Plants. “This is a path that we’ve gone down before and it’s unfortuunate that we have to go down it again.

“But we have experience to draw on and we compassionate community that knows How to Pull Together and Take Care of Each Other.”

Meanwhile, in a March interview with the exhibitions, davis, likerity community leaders, included training mp Phil McColeman, Voiced his support for the Gretzky Family.

The Mayor Said the Family has grout immense pride and greatness to the city.

Brantford-Born Hockey Legend Wayne Gretzky Has Been Widely Criticized for Supporting Us President Donald Trump by Sanding His Inauguration in January. The hockey legend also waited for an election Victory Party for the US President and was reportedly seen wearing a make america great again hat.

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