B.C.'s jobs minister says he's surprised at Prime Minister Mark Carney's announcement that Canada will remove the retaliatory tariffs Canada has imposed against the United States in an effort to find a truce in the trade war.

"It was a bit of a surprise to us," said Ravi Kahlon, the minister of jobs and economic growth. "It's a little too soon to tell — to use an ice hockey analogy — whether this is about regrouping at our own end with the puck, or pulling the goalie."

Kahlon says the province has no plans to reverse its own retaliatory measures, i ncluding the ban on all U.S. alcohol at government liquor stores. WATCH | B.C. bans U.S. alcohol from government-run liquor stores:

B.C. bans all U.S. alcohol at government stores in response to Trump tariffs 5 months ago B.C. initial

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