Blaming Tariffs Won’t Fix the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Blaming Tariffs Won’t Fix the Cost-of-Living Crisis

Since September, there have been at least six surveys showing a general disagreement with the Trump administration’s tariff policy. The main takeaways are that the public is against the recent, new tariff impositions on Canada – and that tariffs are contributing to the rising cost of living. That these new polls are coming out during an election cycle is no surprise. But regardless of the timing, tariffs and their impacts on the rising cost of living could use some better explaining.