Eby says the move against Alaska-bound trucks is part of a series of responses the province in planning after the "unprecedented attack" from the United States that put a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods.
    • Someone@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 months ago

      They send a lot by tug and barge. Some of the loads you see going up there are quite precarious looking, containers stacked 6+ high with all sorts of “loose” cargo on top, from RVs to excavators to small boats on trailers. It would be a real shame if they had to travel through international waters instead of the nice, sheltered inside passage.

  • CobraChicken3000@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    I’m here for it. They are always welcome to go around. maybe through the frozen ice sheets of the Bering Strait?

  • wampus@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    This is dumb. Only a small % of the goods in alaska are brought in via truck – the vast majority is via boat.

    Meanwhile the ‘obvious’ response from the US would be to toll trucks carrying goods from Mexico to Canada. Which is a much bigger trade route.