From this CBC article on the topic...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cleveland-cliffs-ceo-stelco-layoffs-hamilton-9.7377708

"I am in favour of tariffs against all the countries in the entire world that dump steel into the United States," he said, adding that the Section 232 tariffs have brought "the American steel industry back."

"I'm in favour of Section 232. There's no doubt about it."

He told CBC News in a previous interview that he "would not have acquired the Stelco if I knew that Canada and the United States would become what they became — enemies in trade."

So they buy Stelco, a Steel company, that in their own opinion is harming the US and was long before the trade war, and if they had the power, would have entered a trade war on the topic because they think its just, and then Trump starts a trade war and thus they support it, and now want to lay people off because of the trade war.

wild.