Are threats of US tariffs most akin to a game of whack-a-mole, or perhaps a mythical hydra? You know, where you either knock one down and another one pops up in its place, or you cut off one head and it grows three more? Which metaphor you run with is your choice; my point is that, just because the Supreme Court struck one tariffs avenue down, it didn't mean this administration didn't have backup plans to try next.
As of April 14, 2026, Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), the parent company of Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo, and Can-Am, announced that it is officially suspending all financial guidance for 2027 due to the expected impact of new US tariffs. This marks the second year in a row that it's scrapped this guidance, though this time it's for a slightly different set of tariffs than it was last year. Under Section 232, as of April 6, 2026, all steel, aluminum, and copper imports into the US will lead to "a 25% tariff on the total value of imported snowmobiles and the majority of ORV models, replacing the previous 50% tariff on applicable metal content only."
For anyone who's ever taken the plastics off any powersports vehicle and poked at the mechanical parts underneath, you can appreciate the difference between taxing an entire vehicle versus just the metal parts. Those figures add up quickly.
