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Rob Shaw: NDP weighs changes amid backlash to Eby’s emergency powers bill (The Orca)


Stung by criticism that its new tariff response legislation is undemocratic, the BC NDP government is considering changes to try and bolster flagging support.

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon, who chairs the premier’s cabinet committee on American tariff response, said the government is reviewing “additional guardrails” that could lead to Bill 7 being amended on the floor of the house.

The government’s willingness to change the bill comes with a warning: It does not want to be criticized later for being too slow in responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats ...

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