By Leonid Sirota and Mark Mancini

Desperate times call for desperate measures. That appears to be the British Columbia government’s mantra as it attempts to fight the risk of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. But in its desperation, the government is trying to take for itself far-reaching powers that smack of the arbitrariness and authoritarianism that characterize the Trump administration. That administration is a threat to Canada, but in fighting that threat, we should not become that which we abhor.