Trump trade war will cost Alaskans as British Columbia moves to apply truck toll
"My message for the prime minister, for my colleagues across the country — and it's one I'm sure they want to deliver to me too — is stand strong," B.C. Premier David Eby said of the Trump attack.
"This is unacceptable, and we're going to ensure that the Americans understand how pissed off we are, how unified we are, how committed we are to working as a country to stand up for each other," the Canadian Press quoted Eby as saying. "And I say we don't let up until the president takes the threat off the table."
"He wants to annex Canada and turn us into the 51st state," Eby said. "Trump thinks he can bring us to our knees by threatening tariffs. Well, what he is seeing is that Canadians are standing tall (with) one voice."
All of the blame belongs to Trump for a situation that will raise the cost of living in Alaska and damage the state.
Trump’s inane comments about making Canada a state, his insults of Canadian leaders and his economic attack on our best ally are irresponsible. Alaska leaders have not put up a fight.
“The proposed legislation includes measures that would allow the province to apply tolls and fees to U.S. commercial trucks bound for Alaska, and would mandate that all low-carbon fuel additives in gasoline and diesel are produced in Canada,” CTV reported.
If the Yukon Territory follows the B.C. lead, the fault lies with Trump.
The Alaska Beacon has the best coverage of this Trump-created chaos.
It included this email from Dunleavy that fails to identify the source of the trouble in the White House: “My hope is that the federal governments between our two great countries work out solutions to the tariff issues, and provincial and state governments refrain from making unilateral decisions that may have negative consequences that negatively impact discussions at the federal level as they find solutions,” Dunleavy said.
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