After Trump threat, British Columbia leader says province will impose tolls on Alaska-bound commerce [Video]

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU/KTVF) – British Columbia Premier David Eby said Thursday that he intends to introduce legislation that would place tolls on commercial trucks traveling from the Lower 48 to Alaska via his province, as reported Thursday by the Alaska Beacon.

Speaking at the Legislative Assembly building in Victoria, Eby said the move is one of several that he is taking in response to President Donald Trump’s erratic Canadian tariff plans.

“I’m here to share that we will be introducing a new law in the coming days to respond to this historic challenge: unprecedented legislation. It will include such countermeasures as allowing the province to apply fees to commercial trucks that transit through British Columbia on their way to Alaska,” Eby said.

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said he hopes British Columbia will reconsider.

“My hope is that the federal governments between our two great countries work out solutions to the tariff issues, …