British Columbia’s NDP government last week proposed legislation that would empower Premier David Eby and his cabinet to operate outside the framework of the elected legislature.
The government says the legislation is needed to deal with the extraordinary U.S. tariff situation, while B.C.’s Official Opposition and a civil liberties group say it amounts to undemocratic overreach and stifles the legislative branch.
Eby has described the Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, also known as Bill 7, as a way to give the government temporary emergency powers to respond to future tariff measures announced by U.S. President Donald Trump….