Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff, at an event in 2024 (FIle Photo/Acadia Broadcasting)

More Canadians are keeping an eye on price tags as U.S. President Donald Trump has placed tariffs on most Canadian Goods.

The 25 per cent tariffs went into effect on most Canadian goods on Tuesday.

“We have to always keep in mind with things like tariffs is they hurt everyone,” said Thunder Bay Mayor Ken Boshcoff. “I’m certainly glad that Canada didn’t start this fight, which is to me, very contrived.”

Boshcoff adds that the Great Lakes and big city mayors in Ontario are united against the tariffs and that we will all feel some level of impact.

“For us particularly, cancelling the Starling contract, which was supposed to provide high-speed Internet to rural and Northern Ontario, is going to have some kind of impact,” added Boshcoff. “The mayors are mobilizing and preparing factual positions. There are 444 (mayors) of us and there are various impacts on all of them to some degree.”

The mayor advises residents to support local, but he still wants people to visit our neighbours.

“I’m certainly not gonna tell anybody not to go to the United States. We have a superb relationship with northern Minnesota and the communities alongside our border, you know from Manitoba to the lake here. I’ve always been a major buy local champion, so I can only reaffirm where I come from in terms of supporting local businesses, Ontario businesses, and Canadian businesses.

Canada has put a retaliatory 25 per cent tariff in place on $30 billion worth of goods with the same tariff set to be added to another $125 billion in 21 days.

Prime Minister Trudeau says the tariffs will remain in place until the American tariffs are lifted.

President Trump has also mentioned potential additional tariffs on specific goods that would take effect on April 2.