Paused investments, cancelled orders: Ottawa businesses feeling the tariff pain

Jennifer McGahan, Jill Bonk
From left, Jennifer Miller and Jill Bonk are the co-owners of the new Showroom Furniture + Lighting store in Stittsville. File photo

Equispheres CEO Kevin Nicholds is nervously wondering what the future will hold after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sunday applying 25 per cent tariffs to most Canadian goods, including his company’s high-tech powder, starting Tuesday.

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