Eby names ‘war-room’ to protect BC against US tariffs
With US President Donald Trump threatening to impose tariffs as early as Saturday, BC Premier David Eby has assembled a cabinet committee to fight back.
Housing and Municipal Affairs Minister Ravi Kahlon will chair the committee, which will act as a day-to-day war room.
“This threat isn’t going away anytime soon – not while this president is in power,” Eby said, noting that the committee will work to protect BC businesses, families and workers.
Part of the strategy is to strengthen ties to markets other than the US.
“We didn’t ask for this fight, but BC will not be bullied,” Kahlon said.
Members of the new cabinet committee are:
- Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs
- Diana Gibson, Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation
- Brenda Bailey, Minister of Finance
- Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions
- Lana Popham, Minister of Agriculture and Food
- Randene Neill, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
- Rick Glumac, Minister of State for Trade
- Ravi Parmar, Minister of Forests
- Jagrup Brar, Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals
- Tamara Davidson, Minister of Environment and Parks
