B.C. Premier David Eby said Canadian workers from coast to coast to coast need support now more than ever.
“Obviously we’ve seen another attack from the United States,” Eby said at a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
“And again, I’m asking British Columbians, if you have a choice, please don’t travel to the United States. Choose another place to do your tourism. If you can choose a Canadian product instead of an American one, please choose it.”
Eby was at a BC Liquor Store for the press conference, underscoring the move made by the province not to stock or order U.S. alcohol for the provincial stores.
This comes after the federal government announced on Tuesday morning that counter-tariffs against more than 700 American goods amounting to $27.6 billion will go into effect on Sept. 8.
Recently, U.S. President Donald Trump said additional tariffs on Canadian automobiles, car parts and steel will take effect next year as the trade war between the two nations escalates.
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“For the long term, the best thing that we can do to respond to these tariffs is to build up our workers, to build up our trade infrastructure and be less dependent on the United States,” Eby said.
He added that there are non-tariff measures that he wants Prime Minister Mark Carney to look at and potentially utilize against the United States.
“First of all, when your friend kicks you in the back, one of the first rules is you don’t then go and buy $12 billion of fighter jets from that person,” Eby said.
In addition, Eby said that significant amounts of U.S. thermal coal are exported overseas via Westshore Terminals in Delta.
“The reason it goes out of Westport is because the Americans can’t get it out of any of their own ports,” he said.
“They won’t ship it themselves. It’s something that the federal government has committed to phasing out already in 2030… I think that this is something that the federal government should be looking at as well.”
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Eby said he is “encouraging” Carney to look at non-tariff measures to respond to the U.S.
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s president and CEO, Bridgitte Anderson, said in a statement that they “support and applaud the federal government’s swift action in introducing support measures for affected businesses and workers.
“These measures are a meaningful and welcome first step that recognizes the significant challenges many companies are facing.”
Anderson said that Trump has damaged one of the most successful and economic partnerships in history.
-with files from Uday Rana and Adriana Fallico
Press conference in a liquor store, how unprofessional. Eby took our choice away and continues to drive this province deeper into the ground. Has absolutely no clue what he is doing. Comments are right about this pushing the damn “elbows up” stupidity and manipulating the by elections. Wake up, this province is in extreme trouble like the rest of this country. This is all planned for Brookfield/Carney.
The NDP are the ones that ruined this province, his words mean nothing.
Sorry, but I’ll do as I please. I believe Carney walked away while leaving the U.S. believing a deal had essentially been reached, because he needed to fire up the “Elbows Up” crowd, boost his polling and help secure wins in all three by-elections.
We saw the same kind of political play before the last election: create a confrontation with Trump, rally the country around it, and turn that momentum into votes.
Elbows Up, Canada…
There is no right thing. The right thing actually is not to lose jobs, which in turn causes evictions and debt collections. Reality is the focus is Trump not America.
Everyone wants a choice. If US booze is put back on the shelf, fair enough but I, for one, will do the right thing and NOT buy American booze or go to the US ever! My choice.
British Columbians – wake up! As a Canadian I am proud of being a Canadian but to be a winning Canadian you must win the war. Eby and to be frank, Carneys team are leading the country to doom when you target the US as a whole! It’s Trump you focus on not the states. Everyone needs to understand the US is a republic so the western states are your friends and you need them to build a wall from Canada’s coast to coast to the Southern California border. Boycotting does nothing but export taxes on natural resources will exact pain. Eby has never been patriotic why now? Will he pay for people’s wallet when they lose their jobs with his strategy?
Mr. Eby, such an angry little man. I’d have to guess that neither of his parents survived his birth.
Hahahahah yes. You already know Karen-Lynne Findlay and her little MAGA NAZl supporters are jumping up and down like toddlers right now 😂😂😂😂😂