B.C. Premier Eby backs down on tariff bill that critics say was undemocratic

B.C. Premier David Eby has backed down on proposed legislation that would have given his government unprecedented powers to respond to U.S. trade threats, acknowledging critics who said his tariff measures bill was undemocratic.Mr. Eby announced on Friday that Bill 7, the Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act, will remain before the legislature to address issues such as interprovincial trade barriers. However, the government is withdrawing the section that would have allowed the cabinet to amend or to override provincial laws and regulations, and to skirt the authority of the legislature, all in the name of “addressing challenges, or anticipated challenges, to British Columbia arising from the actions of a foreign jurisdiction.”