Trump’s tariffs: Canadian businesses sound the alarm [Video]

Business leaders across Canada are voicing concerns and fear over the widespread impact increased tariffs could have on their companies and workers, with some already looking to boost sales in other markets in the event their products become too expensive to sell to American customers.

“The effect of this tariff if it happens as advertised would be catastrophic,” says David Harrison, the owner and inventor of The Wedge Mouthpiece, a B.C.-based company that makes brass mouthpieces for musical instruments.

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Harrison says his company operates on margins of between 15 and 20 per cent and wouldn’t be able to absorb a 25 per cent tariff. He’s not sure his customers would be able to stomach the sticker shock if it’s passed on to them.

“For us it will mean our customers won’t be able to afford …