He’s trying to dismantle the American law that has kept the Canadian cruise industry afloat. Reports disclosing lobbying and campaign donations show an American group that lobbies for the cruise ship industry pushed him to take up this cause. The law is effectively the reason B.C.’s cruise industry exists — forcing vessels travelling along the west coast toward Alaska, for instance, to stop in a B.C. “Utah has no ports, no ties to the cruise industry, and no more people going on cruises than the average state,” said Matthew Burbank, professor of political science at the University of Utah, in a previous interview. every year, according to researchers for groups like Cruise Lines International Association, the St. Lawrence Cruise Association, Atlantic Canada Cruise Association and Cruise B.C.

Source: thestar July 21, 2021 12:00 UTC