"This is going to cost them": BC retaliates against tariffs by pulling US liquor from stores

Speaking ahead of the B.C. budget in Victoria on Tuesday, Premier David Eby said these are "unusual times."

Eby took the unusual step of interrupting B.C.'s budget lockup to address how the province will respond after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods.

"We didn't ask for this fight that the president has brought to Canada and to British Columbia," Eby said.

Eby said B.C.'s response is straightforward.

"It's a message to Americans about what this is going to cost them," he said.

Eby said that effective immediately, all B.C. liquor stores will be pulling all liquor made in U.S. red states from store shelves.

"This is a deliberate decision to target red state liquor products," he said.