Premier David Eby’s decision to back down on the most contentious clause of his anti-tariff legislation has deflated what was a crisis situation into a throbbing political headache. Yet his government still faces a rough ride on the remainder of its proposal.

Three of the business groups that helped push back on Bill 7 say it’s not good enough for government to simply drop the clausethat gave cabinet unfettered power to bypass the legislature and change any law for two years (known as part four of the bill), because the remainder of the legislation also contains problematic overreach.

The bill enables cabinet to do three additional things: End any government contracts with American firms and protect the officials who do so from legal ramifications; enable B.C. to tax American supply trucks that use B.C. highways and ferry terminals, with fines and details to be set later by cabinet order; and lower interprovincial........

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