The B.C. government has introduced legislation that would grant cabinet temporary emergency powers to create regulations to respond to U.S. tariffs, including putting tolls on U.S. commercial traffic to Alaska, directing Crown corporations not to buy American goods, and efforts to enhance trade with other provinces. The opposition Conservatives meanwhile say the government shouldn’t be granting itself the extraordinary powers.
The move is a response to tariff measures announced by the United States, including 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada, and a 10 percent tariff on energy, though the United States has since paused some of the tariffs. President Donald Trump has also put a 25 percent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum, and is looking at tariffs on Canadian lumber….