Border-town mayors fear being ‘hit first and worst’ amid trade war uncertainty

Cornwall and Windsor in Ontario, and Surrey, B.C., all have deeply-integrated industries with the United States, and their residents face immediate and 'severe' repercussions if the proposed American tariffs kick in.
Cornwall, Ont., Mayor Justin Towndale, left; Surrey, B.C., Mayor Brenda Locke; and Windsor, Ont., Mayor Drew Dilkens.

With hundreds of jobs and billions of dollars worth of trade on the line, mayors from three of Canada’s border towns say their communities could face the worst impacts of a trade war sooner than other parts of the country. 

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