Canada's federal government has had to keep up with a very fluid situation regarding trade with the US as tariffs have been coming on and off over the last week.
It's been quite the stressful time for those in and around the government, says Souris-Moose Mountain MP Dr. Robert Kitchen.
"It's like a roller coaster, and you just don't know where it's going to go. But at this point in time it's on, and so we're having to deal with it on that point. But it's a roller coaster for both sides of the border."
Kitchen has heard similar concerns from his constituents in a variety of positions in the southeast.
The federal government has laid out some targeted counter-tariffs, with some overtures made towards a new energy project for Canada.
Kitchen dismissed the idea's feasibility, pointing at the federal government's record.
"If this government had been attentive to things for the last 10 years, a lot of these issues and concerns may not have been there, because if you just ask that that very question, what has this government done in the past 10 years, they've done nothing but other than to try and shut down our energy sector. They shut down pipelines, energy, Trans Mountain, which could have been moving our product East and West."
While Kitchen is optimistic about interprovincial trade barriers coming down, he's frustrated the same importance isn't placed on energy infrastructure.
"All of a sudden, we hear from the present government ministers saying, 'oh, well, hang on a sec, now we think it might be a good idea to talk about upgrading Keystone XL'. Which we've been saying for the last 10 years and now, after 10 years, when we said it should have been done, they're finally waking up saying this might have been a good thing, which could have possibly assisted in stopping some of what we're seeing."
Kitchen says that ultimately, the tariffs will have a big impact on the consumers and wants to see better federal input in dealing with that.