Border city mayor says Canada-U.S. relationship is ‘deteriorating’ under Trump’s tariff threats [Video]

The mayor of a Canadian border city says the prime minister and premiers should speak to communities like his about frustration with the United States that is bubbling up over president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs and comments about absorbing Canada.

“[The relationship] is deteriorating and people are saying they’re not going to cross the border,” said Mike Bradley, the mayor of Sarnia, Ont., which has a border crossing with Port Huron, Mich.

“I’m hearing it on a constant basis: ‘We don’t want to do that anymore because we’re being disrespected.”

On Tuesday, Trump told a news conferencehe’s looking to use “economic force” to “get rid” of the border between the two countries. His threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods still looms large — …