Punch in the gut: Ontario border towns crushed by Trumps tariff threats [Video]

While a good portion of Canadians live within a couple of hours’ drive of the U.S. border, it is very different than living directly across from our American counterparts, according to Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati.

“We all grew up here. We lived our lives here. We’ve got family and friends on both sides,” he told Global News on Monday.

“Going across the border is like going across town anywhere else in the country. So we don’t even see the border when you live here.”

That familial relationship may have become fractured over the weekend when Donald Trump announced that a round of tariffs were coming for Canadians, a move which was postponed for a month on Monday.

“The majority of us are Bills fans. And, you know, we go to Buffalo, we fly out of the Buffalo airport. It’s just a way of life here,” Diodati said. “In the …