For Karen Bramble of Waterloo, Ont., the trade war that the United States started with Canada is personal.

"We need to spew the truth over and over and over again until everybody understands this economic war is [going to] effect everybody," she said.

Bramble is an interior stylist who sells wellness products and dried floral arrangements twice a week at the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market. She hopes the tariffs will also be an important issue for candidates running this federal election.