Alaska Beacon reports, the British Columbia government is following up on Premier David Eby’s pledge last week to enable truck tolling in the Canadian province in response to continued economic threats by President Trump. The Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act would permit the province to levy tolls on commercial trucks traveling between the lower 48 states and Alaska but would not implement the fees immediately. The bill would “‘provide a broad, flexible power to government to address challenges to BC arising from the actions of a foreign jurisdiction to support inter-provincial cooperation,” Deputy Premier Niki Sharma told the Legislative Assembly. The measure would sunset in May 2027.
Business in Vancouver describes the legislation’s broad reach in more detail, including the methods it would create to remove existing barriers to inter-provincial trade.