British Columbia stands at a pivotal moment. As we wrestle with the threat of tariffs, we must also weigh the need for decisive action against the risks of overreach by a premier who seems to believe he always knows best.
In the name of addressing interprovincial trade barriers, Premier David Eby has brought forward Bill 7—a massive and far-reaching piece of legislation that would give him powers unprecedented in Canada since the introduction of the War Measures Act.
No other premier has demanded this kind of authority. In Eby’s days running the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, he would have sounded the alarm on this kind of audacious overreach.
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