Thoughts on BC Politics and More

New legislation, if passed, could allow the BC government to impose a transit tax on Alaska-bound trucks coming from Washington state; but it also gives government sweeping regulatory powers to respond to perceived tariff threats from the United States ... ... the bill states government may make a regulation under the act to “address challenges, or anticipated challenges, to British Columbia arising from the actions of a foreign jurisdiction” and to “support inter-provincial cooperation in reducing trade barriers within Canada.” But the bill allows for all these decisions to be made outside of the legislature ... CLICK HERE for the full story

Washington State Governor J ay Inslee Another day, another grandstanding politician opposing Canadian pipelines. Except this time, it’s the Governor of Washington state, Jay Inslee -- an individual who’s said he’ll do “everything he can” under the law to stop the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. I honestly don’t even know where to begin, but let’s start with the colossal hypocrisy. Washington state is home to not one, not two, but five large refineries, that already receive a majority of their oil from hundreds of tankers transiting their coast. And where do most of these tankers come from? Well, most of them come from Alaska, carrying American oil down the entire B.C. coast, before reaching Washington state. Oh, and any oil they don’t receive by tanker they receive directly by pipeline, the existing Trans Mountain pipeline, which partially diverts to Washington at the city of Sumas. But if the blatant hypocrisy isn’t eno...