By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: B.C. cancels $1,000 grocery rebate, pauses hiring over tariff threats

Feb 13, 2025 | 1:24 PM

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s finance minister says the government is cancelling the $1,000 grocery rebate it promised during the election and will pause government hiring over U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.

Brenda Bailey says the impacts of the “reckless” and “destabilizing” tariffs are impossible to predict.

More coming.

The Canadian Press