B.C. to levy tolls on U.S. trucks travelling to Alaska
Source: CTV News (BC)
British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government is introducing new legislation to remove trade barriers with other provinces while also levying fees on American commercial trucks transiting the province on their way to Alaska.
The premier announced the proposed legislation Thursday in response to the economic threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods entering that country.
Speaking to reporters from the front lawn of the B.C. legislature, which had been draped in a large Canadian flag for the occasion, Eby said the new legislation would also give his government the flexibility to respond rapidly to executive orders from U.S. President Donald Trump as they arise.
Trump followed through on his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods and a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy as of midnight Tuesday. But a one-month reprieve appeared to have been granted by the White House just moments before Eby spoke.
Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-to-levy-tolls-on-us-trucks-travelling-to-alaska/
Dave Bowman
(6,648 posts)FOAD ASAP!
mwooldri
(10,786 posts)One thing they can do is leave IFTA and replace it with a Canadian only equivalent.
One reason why cross border trade with US and Canada is easy is because trucks can go across USA and Canada without having to be registered in every state and province.
Mexico does not take part in IFTA. Mexican trucks in the US have to be registered in the US, and vice versa. When I worked hauling glass, our company would haul the glass to a Schneider yard in Laredo, TX... A Mexican truck would take over from there.
Should all the Canadian provinces pull out of IFTA (in favour of a trans Canada alternative) the number of trucks that cross the border would go down significantly, and trucks that do go across the border would have to be dual registered.
Bev54
(13,199 posts)Mexican goods and not selling in US, apparently they can travel through.
xuplate
(159 posts)kimbutgar
(26,798 posts)Push back on the orange Hitler bully!
MichMan
(16,627 posts)birdographer
(2,937 posts)hit back at people who defy himlets see him do that to an entire country. He cant throw them in prison. He cant fire them from their jobs. He cant throw them out a window. He is powerless, one man against a countryand Canada is purposely setting themselves up to fire back immediately every time donny makes one of his petulant toddler moves. Personally, I love it.
wolfie001
(7,085 posts).....red-state study on those truck drivers and have found that nearly every one of them voted for the lying orange asshole. Zero sympathy.