Eby responds to Alaskan senator’s threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports

Belfast City Council approves limit on cruise ship traffic

The Belfast City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to limit the size of cruise ships that can allow passengers to disembark at city-owned facilities. The ordinance amendments would bar any vessel certified to carry 50 or more passengers from boarding or disembarking passengers, “including by tender, at the City Landing or other city property or marine facilities,” City Manager Erin Herbig said in her report to the council. The measure comes a…

Sitka residents to vote on cruise limits in special election

In May, Sitkans will vote on a ballot measure to limit cruise tourism in Sitka. Pictured: the Nieuw Amsterdam ties up in Sitka. (Tash Kimmell/KCAW) Enough signatures have been gathered to put a cruise limit ballot out to Sitka voters in a special election this spring. If approved by the voters, the ordinance would set an annual cap of 300,000 cruise passengers, a daily cap of 4,500 passengers, and limit port calls to six days a week. It would al…

David Eby's opportunistic attempt to grasp almost total legislative power

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Eby Responds to Alaskan Senator’s Threat to Have Cruise Ships Bypass BC Ports

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he is standing firm behind the legislation granting the province the ability to levy new fees on U.S. commercial trucks heading to Alaska, despite political threats involving the cruise ship sector from an Alaskan senator. Eby says in response to comments made by U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan that the Canadian side knows “the consequences for Alaskans are a big deal” if any truck fees are imposed, and he expects …

B.C. legislation would give government sweeping powers to respond to Trump threat

David Eby has previously said the legislation will allow the province to apply a toll on trucks transiting the province between Alaska and the continental United States.

David Eby responds to Alaskan senator’s threat to have cruise ships bypass B.C. ports

Eby's comments come after Sullivan called Canadian countermeasures to U.S. tariffs "a bit of a dangerous game."