B.C. Liberal leader and Kelowna-West candidate Christy Clark had a message for U.S. President Donald Trump when it comes to any future fight over trade with Canada, specifically as it pertains to B.C products like softwood lumber and B.C wines.
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Clark completed a two-day whirlwind tour through the Okanagan at Gray Monk Winery, reiterating her call on the Canadian government to stop the export of thermal coal from B.C. ports in retaliation for tariffs of up to 24 per cent that the U.S. has slapped on Canadian softwood lumber entering the U.S.
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When asked about U.S. concerns over the province only allowing B.C. wines to be sold in B.C. grocery stores, Clark was equally quick to defend that move by her government, part of last year香蕉视频直播檚 modernizing of the province香蕉视频直播檚 liquor laws.
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Calling it another another example of how rising U.S. protectionism can threaten thousands of jobs in B.C., the Liberal leader vowed she will fight for B.C. workers.
And she blasted her NDP and B.C. Green Party counterparts for what she described as an inability and an unwillingness, respectively, to do the same.
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Earlier in the day, during a on Kelowna radio station AM1150, her NDP challenger in the riding, Shelley Cook, accused Clark of only acting when an election is looming.
She said between elections, Clark香蕉视频直播檚 government has done little to fight for B.C. workers, saying 35,000 jobs in the forest sector have been lost under the Liberals and many mills have closed.
She said it香蕉视频直播檚 her party香蕉视频直播檚 leader, John Horgan, not Clark, who will fight for B.C. jobs.
During the debate, and then again at the winery, Clark accused Horgan of having a 香蕉视频直播渟neaky香蕉视频直播� plan to raise taxes on the middle class increasing personal incomes taxes on those earning $60,000 or more per year.
She said unlike the NDP and the Greens, her party will not raise personal income taxes, will not raise the province香蕉视频直播檚 carbon tax or increase the province香蕉视频直播檚 debt.
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Speaking at the winery, Clark was asked about a second crossing of Okanagan Lake, something her three challengers in the riding are opposed to. Clark said it香蕉视频直播檚 too early to say if there will be a toll on a second bridge over the lake because no decision has been made to build one yet and the cost, if one is to be built, has not been established.
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