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The Great Canadian Tariff Thread

Roaring Flames said:
Maybe it was planned to come from the states and they decided to change suppliers?
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I'm worried about the impact of tariffs, or even the threat of tariffs and the economic uncertainty that creates, on the financial viability of starting or completing builds.
 
Construction costs will take a hit if we tariff them. Part of me wants to tariff even from the US, but part of me worries that costs are gonna spiral for certain things.
 
If our dollar tanks after tariffs as expected, sourcing materials from the US will become extremely expensive, this could cause major disruptions. Wonder if there European alternatives if there aren't Canadian...
 
Garceyues said:
I'm worried about the impact of tariffs, or even the threat of tariffs and the economic uncertainty that creates, on the financial viability of starting or completing builds.
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I'm concerned about that too, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed the lack of new proposals in the last month or so since Trump has ramped up his tariff rhetoric. I would imagine developers are taking a "wait and see" attitude with regard to both the overall economy and material costs, and banks might be more conservative with financing new development until they get a better sense of how this will all play out.

I hope common sense ultimately prevails, but right now I'm not optimistic with the state of things in Washington.
 
Albertasaurus said:
I'm concerned about that too, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed the lack of new proposals in the last month or so since Trump has ramped up his tariff rhetoric. I would imagine developers are taking a "wait and see" attitude with regard to both the overall economy and material costs, and banks might be more conservative with financing new development until they get a better sense of how this will all play out.

I hope common sense ultimately prevails, but right now I'm not optimistic with the state of things in Washington.
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Businesses in general are unfortunately having to take more of a wait and see approach.

Hopefully the blowback from the general public, businesses, and the stock market is enough to make Washington back off if they are stupid enough to pull the trigger tomorrow.
 
We have the economy thread and could discuss tariffs there, but thought maybe a dedicated thread for tariffs and their affect on Calgary, Alberta but also Canada.
 
Construction costs are one of the things that is expected to be hit by tariffs. I wonder how many of the larger concrete and steel projects get put on the backburner?
 
Surrealplaces said:
Construction costs are one of the things that is expected to be hit by tariffs. I wonder how many of the larger concrete and steel projects get put on the backburner?
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Conversely, with the tariff on Canadian steel might this be an opportunity to source more Canadian steel and thus potentially find cost savings?
 
Mountain Man said:
Not looking good in the stock markets this morning, this disruption should only deepen the losses as the week goes on. Wonder if that will scare shithead straight...
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I would think between that and the implosion it will cause in the automotive sector, he will be under immense pressure to reverse course.
 
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