David Eby to speak live on eve of Donald Trump tariff threat

B.C. Premier David Eby is holding a Friday day media availability up of U.S. President Donald Trump’s projected tariffs going into effect connected Saturday.

That volition beryllium live-streamed supra astatine 1:15 p.m.

The White House said a Friday study that Trump was delaying new tariffs on Canada and Mexico by a period is “false,” and said the tariffs are inactive acceptable to spell up starting Saturday.

“I was conscionable with the president successful the Oval Office, and I tin corroborate that tomorrow, the Feb. 1 deadline that President Trump enactment into spot successful a connection respective weeks ago, continues,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters connected Friday.

“The president volition beryllium implementing time a 25 per cent tariff connected Mexico and 25 per cent tariffs connected Canada, and a 10 per cent tariff connected China.”

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Earlier this week, the B.C. authorities announced it is forming a caller furniture committee to enactment arsenic a “day-to-day warfare room” that responds to projected U.S. tariffs.

In a Wednesday media release, Eby announced Housing and Municipal Affairs Minister Ravi Kahlon volition caput the committee, tasked with co-ordinating a “whole of government” tariff response.

This communicative volition beryllium updated pursuing Eby’s availability connected Friday afternoon.