United States President Donald Trump put a pause on some Canadian imports related to the auto industry and lowered levies on potash to 10 per cent on Thursday.
According to Trump, it's meant to help maintain the flow of parts to American car manufacturers and help farmers.
Despite the news, Canada still has 25 per cent tariffs imposed by the U.S along with 10 per cent on energy that were brought in on Tuesday.
Canada retaliated by imposing its own retaliatory tariffs of up to $155 billion on the U.S.
StrathmoreNow spoke with Chestermere resident Bruce Kent about his opinion on the tariffs.
"It's a violation of an agreement that we had that was negotiated during the last Trump presidency, the United States-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement. We're very disappointed that it's going on."
At the time of publication, according to a recent poll on our website, 28.43 per cent of people said Canada should look at trading elsewhere by reducing the reliance of U.S. markets and expanding global trade.
The poll said that 25.39 per cent have voted so far for Canada to encourage residents to buy local.
Around 17.09 per cent added that the federal government should push for negotiations to remove tariffs.
It also mentioned that 15.6 per cent of residents voted that the Canadian government should halt electricity exports to the U.S. in retaliation, and 10.6 per cent voted to impose even higher tariffs on U.S. goods.
Kent added that Canada needs to continue to push for negotiations with the United States.
"We need to strengthen our position and increase counter-tariffs and shift our trade to a bi-Canada approach."
Delacour resident Julie Ferrar said she's always felt patriotic but said recently she's felt that the tariffs have caused a rift between both Canadians and Americans.
"We've always been part of the U.S. in economics, and in just everything in our daily lives. Hopefully this will be resolved very shortly."
According to Ferrar, shopping local is important to her.
"Prior to the tariffs I always support our local growers in my area and go to the local markets."
Another resident visiting Chestermere, Simon Peter Sigaya mentioned that Canada should be looking elsewhere for trading, including working with countries like Mexico.
He also echoed the sentiment of buying local.
"We have to support local to prosper the businesses."
In last place in our poll, people voted 2.82 per cent to do nothing and let the markets adjust.