The Strathmore Wheatland Chamber of Commerce chimed in on the tariff pause between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Donald Trump.
The U.S. had previously said they would impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canada along with 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy.
Canada fired back with threats of tariffs on American goods as well until both Trump and Trudeau decided to put the decision on hold for 30 days.
Tyler Hille, director of the organization said he's been keeping a close eye on the issue.
"I think putting such a heavy tariff was his initial negotiation tactic to say we're talking real dollars and cents here."
Hille told StrathmoreNow that the initial ask that Canada increase border security was something top of mind for Trump to help combat the flow of fentanyl.
"By seeing everything go into a paused state with the tariffs right now it's because Justin Trudeau stepped up and said here's what we're going to do to fix this problem."
Trudeau announced that Canada is bringing in a $1.3 million border plan with new choppers, technology, and staff to work with the U.S. to stop fentanyl coming in with close to 10,000 people working to help protect the border.
The Liberals will also appoint a Fentanyl Czar and $200 million will be assigned to bring in a new intelligence directive on fentanyl and crime.
Hille mentioned that larger manufacturing businesses would be hit especially hard if tariffs were to be brought in.
"There's definitely some concern from some of these larger businesses that this is going to add quite a bit more cost to things, but again this is based on nothing that's actually been put into play yet."
Hille added that the tariff scare has shown that Canada should continue to look to diversify its import and export industries.
"Building pipelines to bring Canada's ethical oil to the coast so that we can export to global markets versus just exporting to the states."
The tariffs will be halted until at least the end of the month.