In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

I'ved been following news in Canada more closely since the trade war started, and a side story has popped up that seems to question the larger Mark Carney blame-Trump paradigm. British Columbia Premier David Eby (pronounced E-B) called an early provincial "snap" election on Septemer 22, scheduled for October 24: Premier David Eby is making U.S. President Donald Trump and the threat posed by his trade policies a central argument for why British Columbia needs an early election, but experts argue that may be a tough sell to voters. Eby launched the provincial campaign Tuesday, with an appeal for a fresh mandate to protect B.C. from the economic fallout of Trump’s latest tariffs. Speaking in front of the Peace Arch border crossing, Eby portrayed the coming election as a pivotal moment. “Families feel these tariffs reaching into their grocery bill. They see it at the pump,” Eby said. But the NDP already holds a majority in the legislature and Eby c...