CALGARY — British Columbia Premier John Horgan held off on ratcheting up a trade war with Alberta Wednesday, but experts say both provinces still have a few limited options to raise the stakes. wine, Alberta imported about $58 million in 2014, the last year with data available from Statistics Canada, compared with $60 million in wine and brandy for that year. Governments are, however, limited on putting restrictions or tariffs on most other goods that cross the border — whether it’s B.C. lumber or Alberta beef — as those would be clear barriers to trade in violation of the constitution. Some have wondered about the more extreme option of shutting off existing Alberta oil and gas shipments westward to potentially drive up gas prices in B.C.

Source: National Post February 08, 2018 09:00 UTC