David Mercer
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“Costs are going to go up, prices are going to go up, unemployment is going to go up as well,”
David Mercer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Mercer reported on the projected negative economic effects of the US tariffs on Canada.
“And it’s been warned that business owners – small [and] medium-sized businesses – some of those will have to declare bankruptcy,”
David Mercer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
David Mercer reported on warnings that Canadian businesses may be forced into bankruptcy.
“He’s been around the world, he’s been talking to countries in Asia, in Europe, shoring up new trade relationships, wanting to diversify Canada’s economy and Canada’s trade relationships with other countries around the world just to get away from that dependency that Canada has traditionally had on the United States,”
David Mercer · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
Mercer described Carney's efforts to establish trade ties outside of the United States.