Cloverdale Chamber highlighting programs to help with tariff troubles<\/p>\n
Published 2:30 pm Saturday, September 12, 2026<\/p>\n
The Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce is letting businesses know about possible support programs to help with their tariff troubles.<\/p>\n
Scott Wheatley, the executive director of the Cloverdale Chamber, said the federal government has set up a few programs to help support businesses affected by tariffs. The programs are being offered through Pacific Economic Development Canada (PacifiCan).<\/p>\n
\u201cGetting the information out is the most important aspect of it right now,\u201d Wheatley said.<\/p>\n
He noted whenever he gets info, he sends it out as fast as possible. He said they\u2019ll be more stuff coming next week as he thinks the city is introducing some measures as well.<\/p>\n
Wheatley added the federal program is called the Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI).<\/p>\n
According to government info about RTRI, businesses could get up to $2 million in non-repayable liquidity support and\/or another $1 million in non-repayable funding for transformation projects \u201cdepending on their circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wheatley said he\u2019s talked to many business owners who are concerned over tariffs.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are very cautious right now,\u201d he said. \u201cNobody knows what\u2019s going to happen. This is going to impact everybody\u2014whether your importing or exporting or if you\u2019re a customer.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he\u2019s looked into info about items affected by tariffs and he said it\u2019s lengthy amount of things.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing if you\u2019ve gone through the list,\u201d he said. \u201cIt covers a lot of stuff, from clothes to steel.\u201d<\/p>\n
He talked to one business owner who makes windows. He said that owner has to pay tariffs going both ways now\u2014both on imports and exports.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany business owners are just trying to hunker down,\u201d Wheatley added. \u201cSome want to ignore it, hoping it\u2019ll go away. Others I\u2019ve talked to are out trying to find new markets to sell their products.\u201d<\/p>\n
Companies can apply through the RTRI application portal found on canada.ca<\/a> through PacifiCan.<\/p>\n PacifiCan is also hosting two virtual information sessions on the RTRI on Sept. 14<\/a> and 21<\/a>\u2014both run from 1 \u2013 2 p.m. To register, visit PacifiCan to find out more info: canada.ca\/en\/pacific-economic-development.html.<\/a><\/p>\n Once on the page, scroll down to \u201cRegional Tariff Response Initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n The government has also introduced measures for businesses and workers affected by tariffs. Info on these programs, including financing, diversification funding, technology adoption supports, and workforce measures, can be found by visiting the \u201cCanada Strong: Support for Businesses and Industries<\/a>\u201d link, also found on canada.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cloverdale Chamber highlighting programs to help with tariff troubles Published 2:30 pm Saturday, September 12, 2026 The Cloverdale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,163792,87674],"class_list":["post-893509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lower-mainland","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}