'No options' on tariffs without more time, says company importing from U.S.

'No options' on tariffs without more time, says company importing from U.S.

A program announced this week to help some Canadian businesses faced with expensive counter-tariffs might not be enough to entirely spare some manufacturing firms from damage, say observers. And one such company in rural Manitoba is already feeling the bite.

‘No options’ on tariffs without more time, says company importing from U.S.

A program announced this week to help some Canadian businesses faced with expensive counter-tariffs might not be enough to entirely spare some manufacturing firms from damage, say observers. And one such company in rural Manitoba is already feeling the bite.  Since the trade war with the U.S. erupted last month, PhiBer Manufacturing has been paying “tens of thousands of dollars a week” in tariffs, according to CEO Derek Friesen, for materials re…