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Column: At dealerships, uncertainty rules in time of tariff anxiety

Vehicles inside Lakeland Ford.
Vaughn Wyant, CEO of the Wyant Group, says "it's uncertainty that drives human behaviour." (LAKELAND FORD/FACEBOOK)
GM
By:
Grace Macaluso
February 20, 2025 11:00 AM

In the days leading up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Feb. 1 declaration of economic war on Canada and Mexico, Toronto’s Downtown AutoGroup saw a flurry of sales activity.

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