Whether they're imposed by the governments of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or U.S. President Donald Trump, tariffs are taxes, Rob Breakenridge says.

The Trump administration is being lobbied to spare Canada from planned tariffs on steel and aluminum, even with supporters of the U.S. president decrying the idea of penalties on its northern neighbour as ill-conceived and counter-productive.

Canadian aluminum and steel producers are chafing over Trump's latest announcement, but so is the beer industry.