Canadian frontline border towns already feeling tariff pain, ask for help [Video]

A group of mayors from Canadian border towns issued a plea for help to upper levels of government on Friday as businesses in their communities suffer through the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and anti-Canadian rhetoric.

“We need the federal government to fully understand and look to different sectors to assist them through the tariffs that will be coming,” Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley said during a press conference organized by the Frontier Duty Free Association.

“We’re feeling the pain and we’re on the front line,” Bradley said of his city, which shares a border with Michigan. “That’s just the reality of being a border city. There are many joys to being a border city. But there’s also a lot of pain on occasion when issues beyond our control happen.”

Over the past few months, Trump has issued threats of tariffs while also making comments about Canada becoming …