Trump in the driver’s seat as B.C. buckles up for new legislative session [Video]

When British Columbia’s Legislature opens for the first time in nine months on Tuesday, the driving force behind the province’s politics and the government’s upended agenda will be thousands of kilometres away.

New Lt.-Gov. Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia will deliver a throne speech outlining the NDP government’s goals, opening the legislative session against the backdrop of economic uncertainty and the looming threat of whopping tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.

The speech will lay out the NDP government’s “plan to defend British Columbians in these uncertain times and secure a brighter future for everyone who calls this place home,” said B.C. Premier David Eby in a Family Day statement on Monday.

The provincial government will expand affordable child care, help people buy their first family home and get a family doctor, crack down on organized crime and keep repeat offenders off the streets, Eby said.

“And we will accelerate our work to …