Message to U.S. lawmakers is mutually assured damage from tariffs, Eby says – BC [Video]

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s hopeful a trip to Washington, D.C., will help convince U.S. decision-makers to step back from the brink on tariffs.

But he said regardless of the outcome of the mission he’s undertaking with other Canadian premiers, the relationship between the two countries has permanently changed.

“Regardless of what the president does, we will never go back to the way that we were before, as Canadians, being way too reliant on the decisions of one person in the White House,” Eby told media before boarding a plane at the Vancouver International Airport on Monday evening.

“We took our relationship for granted, I think.”

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods. A threat to impose the tariffs on Feb. 1 was delayed by 30 days after a last-minute border deal with the Canadian government.

Eby and the premiers are scheduled to meet …