Last time around, we were fine. The customers in the United States were still buying the steel because they had to continue to operate,
The fact that leaders are coming here means that industry has their ear,
Nobody wants to be here. Nobody wants a trade war. But here we are and I can say one thing – we’re not going to roll over,
There’s really a lot of uncertainty,
If you’re racing to the basement, there’s no real prize for the first person to get to the basement,
The commitment they showed to Hamilton, to Canada, and the fierceness by which they spoke about their intent to, you know, to hold on and to fight back and to rebuild was heartening,
This isn’t theoretical. This is real. And I’m grateful for all the attention we’re getting from federal and provincial leaders because they reality is, we’re ground zero,
We’ve had companies already say that they’re laying off already, that orders have dried up. Others don’t know if they can weather the storm, because they don’t know how long the storm will last,