A Washington State Community, a Geographical point of view, has become hostage damage in the Canadian-US Trade War.
Point Roberts is an association of about 1,100 people and is located in southern Tsawwassen.
However, it relys on British Columbia for the most part of trade.
“Half of our people here are both of us, including Canada and America, half of the United States,” Our number Roberts Resident Brian Calder and Point Roberts said the former President of the Chamber of Commerce.
“Thus, there are 500 people with a very strong relationship with Canada. I also get angry because they are saddened and sovereignty is threatened because there is no reason.
“And hostility and fear, a lot of anger are very harmful to roberts. They stay away.”
Calder said that the Canadians organized 90 percent of the Point Roberts market.
Society even says ‘Point Roberts Supports Canadian,’ as they want to say ‘Point Robert Supports Canada’, the Canadian border and increase their economy.
“Point Roberts is completely devastating for businesses, because the Covid lost half of the 20-month-old ones, they could not continue this for a long time,” he said.
“And now they are left, they are just harvested.”
Calder also said he trusted in the British Columbia a lot on the border.
“All our construction materials are greater Vancouver, Surrey, Langley, Richmond. Thus, our roof, concrete, all things come from Canada, British Colombia,” he said.
“And now you have to try and source, try and source, Bellingham or pay for 25 percent of a 25 percent time or anything or still uncertain.”
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Calder, Point Roberts residents are not only the neighbor, they consider the British Columbia and Canadians and sisters.
“We didn’t do anything wrong. They didn’t do anything wrong. Why are we in this confusion? It’s completely stupid and not productive or not necessary. And no one wins.”
Calder said the tension was high on both sides of the border, but some residents said they encountered the enemy when the bumper passing into Canada.
“We are actually trying and pushed people in traffic.” “We faced people in the drug store in Tsawwass. ‘What are you doing here? Back to yourself (country). We don’t have a drug store.”
As BC Premier David Even, BC infrastructure and trucks traveling for trucks traveling to Alaska, it is known to pass the border between Point Roberts and Tsawwassen.
“Our enterprises are now in our ropes,” he said.
“We finished., Especially if they enters the energy sector, all point Roberts are given by BC Hydro for electricity and metro Vancouver water. If this case is cut off. It was over. We finished. We finished.
“We can’t survive without getting water and power for hot and light. We do not have an alternative source. We cannot get from Bellingham or Blaine. Period.
To name CalDer, Point Roberts’s medication store, veterinary, dry cleanser or car wash, residents can always enter a larger vancouver for services and products.
Dave Duncan, Roberts is a store manager of the International Marketplace point.
Since the start of the trade war, residents said there were many uncertainty around they could return to the fact that the tariffs will be hit by tariffs.
“Many people began to sell their features here,” he said.
About 60 percent of Klientele is Canada, and he spends less time in selling or points in points, and the visitors are 20 percent cheaper than last year.
“When a day passes 250 customers from 500 customers in one day, yes, you do not need much of things on the shelves,” Duncan said.
“But at the same time, once you don’t want a gallon milk or a gallon milk or no special potatoes they are looking for, it’s really hard with the perishable items.”
Duncan said the work is not terrible at the moment, but they are close to being scared.
“If you do not receive your spring skipping, the next Canadian long-lasting weekend and the end of the air or so, so we can not be in the enemy.” I do not know. “
The owner of the saline cafe and bridge restaurant Tamra Hansen, the global news said that they called the Americanos name to Canada.
Here is about 55 percent, he said.
“We were caught in the middle here,” Hansen said.
“I appreciate the Canadians and appreciate the Washington state is a democratic state. I appreciate Washington, but I understand the dilemma with Canadians.”
Hansen, if the work does not change, then it is concerned that it is concerned like Roberts as a refereeing mining city after taking Canadians.
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