When the Republicans at the state level in Alaska work to confirm their close relations with Canada among the trade war of the US President Donald Trump and the threat of annexation, Senator Alaska warned the Prime Minister of British Colombia that “you don't want to mess with Alaska.”
Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan from the Republican Party issued comments in Interview with Anchorage radio station Posted on his Facebook page.
During the conversation, which concerned topics, from the development of energy to Ukraine, Sullivan, one of the two senators representing the state in Washington, the BC was asked about the introduction of provisions that provide the province's ability to ability Site new fees for American commercial trucks heading for Alaska.
“I don't know the prime minister of different provinces, but this is a bit dangerous game,” said Sullivan before he started to repeal, by the Senate or by the executive order from Trump, Trump, Act on passenger services.
Pursuant to the Act, vessels built by foreign cannot move passengers between two American ports without stopping in a foreign country. The law aims to protect US shipping interests, as well as the Jones Act, which applies the same rules for freight vessels.
Many cruise ships in Alaska stop at BC-BC Vancouver, but also Nanaimo, Victoria and Prince Rupert-Przynąztowej significant tourism revenues to the province's economy.
Sullivan says that he would like this rule to be repealed, noting that it would be done when there were Covid-19 restrictions.
“Canada, you don't want to mess with Alaska. And if you do this, we will work hard to make our cruise ships bypass your ports, and this will help our economy, “said Sullivan. “They play a dangerous game here and I hope they will withdraw.”
“We can't imagine Alaska without Canada”
Prime Minister BC, David, said that he has no current fees to register, but he wants her to do so if she was interrupting her activities against Canada.
“This is not something we would do lightly,” he told journalists on Friday. “We know that the consequences for Alaskanów are a great deal. We would expect them to react in nature. Trade wars only hurt people. “
He hopes that the alacs are worried about the fall of the trade war to speak.
“We need Alaskan to send a message to Donald Trump about how we intertwined, about the connections between our economies,” he said.
This message was heard in the Alaska capitol building on Friday afternoon, when the Republican representative of Chuck Kopp submitted a joint House resolution, Recognition and honoring the relationship between Canada and AlaskaIN who described as “unskilled confirmation of strong bonds of friendship, common history, mutual defense and support that our country with Canada has been bound for centuries.”
The almost identical joint resolution of the Senate also goes through the Alaska Senate, sponsored by the Republican Cathy Giessel, who also declared against the trade war.
“Friendship, trust and attachment, which we consider to be our Canadian neighbors, extend to their identity as citizens of the sovereign Nation of Canada,” said Kopp at the Friday meeting, indicating the map of two countries. “We can't imagine Alaska without Canada.”
KOPP and several other speakers emphasized joint efforts to build Alaska Highway from North BC to Alaska during World War II, as well as the number of families and friendships that cover on both sides of the border.
Prime Minister Yukon Ranj Pillai, president of Arctic Winter Games and several members of the Skagway border community in Alaska, was also invited to speak.
The Vice President of Skagway Deb Potter called on politicians to “think about Alaskany over your party” and encouraged them to confirm the resolution, which is still moving around the chamber.
Kopp said he hopes that news from Alaskan will be heard by the rights that are somewhere else in the United States.
“The temperature increases between countries based on economic causes,” he said. “This resolution recognizes that relationships matter and are much more important than maybe sometimes an almighty dollar.”