As B.C. stores pull red state liquor from shelves, Eby says tariff war will cost U.S. [Video]

Speaking ahead of the B.C. budget on Tuesday, Premier David Eby said these are “unusual times.”

Eby took the unusual step of interrupting B.C.’s budget lockup to address how the province will respond after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods.

“We didn’t ask for this fight that the president has brought to Canada and to British Columbia,” Eby said.

“But I’ll tell you this, we’re not going to shrink from it. The president wants to hurt Canadians if he wants to hurt British Columbians. Then we have no choice but to respond in kind to the United States.”

Eby said B.C.’s response is straightforward.

“It’s a message to Americans about what this is going to cost them,” he said.

“Everything from the cost of pasta to the cost of a home or a car, or to turn on the lights or to fill up a tank of gas, is going to go up in a way that is noticeable …