Premier not concerned about impacts to B.C. after Canada raises tariffs for Russia
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B.C.’s premier says he supports the federal government’s decision to impose a 35 per cent tariff on Russian and Belarusian exports to Canada.
John Horgan said the Finance Ministry is looking into the potential consequences for the private sector, including for major construction projects that rely on Russian steel, to determine what the province can do to protect its economy while ensuring sanctions continue.
“We’re not, at this point, concerned that there will be significant costs to British Columbians,” he told a news conference Thursday.
“The only way we’re going to change a brutal dictator’s mind is to make it extremely uncomfortable for him to continue on the same course that he’s on. Economic sanctions will work if they are universally embraced and it appears, in an unprecedented way, the international community is standing together against the intrusion into Ukraine and encouraging the Putin regime to back off.”
