Major community centre project in Ontario city on ‘pause’ from threat of U.S. tariffs [Video]

The long-term effects of tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have put a scare into staff at the City of Pickering, with a report coming to a special council meeting Monday calling for a “pause” on design work on the future Seaton Community Centre & Library.

A final design for the Seaton Community Centre and Library – still more than four years from opening – is now in the hands of Pickering Council, with the design being created from public feedback on three options.

There has been no price tag attached to the state-of-the-art facility, slated for Pickering’s growing community of Seaton, but it will be the largest project in the city’s history and represent the first multipurpose recreation complex built in Pickering since the Pickering Recreation Complex (now the Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex) opened in 1983.

Staff is recommending that council receive the findings of the public …