--- title: "trade: British Columbia election reporting | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/tag/trade" last_updated: "2026-11-07T17:40:24.551Z" meta: description: "Read published reporting and guides about trade on voche.me." "og:description": "Read published reporting and guides about trade on voche.me." "og:title": "trade: British Columbia election reporting" "twitter:description": "Read published reporting and guides about trade on voche.me." "twitter:title": "trade: British Columbia election reporting" --- NEWS TOPIC # trade 3 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific. ## Friday, November 6 NewsReported ### [Kamloops MLA Ward Stamer disagrees with US liquor ban but will support Conservative policy](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/ward-stamer-liquor-ban-november-2026) Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer says he still believes British Columbians should decide for themselves whether to boycott American liquor, but will back his party's decision to keep the ban. 7:50 am PT3 min read Long readLong read ### [Federal budget sets aside $6.5 billion for forestry as BC's incoming government seeks a large share](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/federal-budget-bc-forestry-6-billion-november-2026) The 2026 federal budget allocates $6.5 billion over six years to help Canada's forest industry weather U.S. tariffs. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson called the plan encouraging and said he wants most of it to flow to BC. 7:08 am PT5 min read ## Sunday, November 1 Long readLong read ### [Federal government lists $5.9B Roberts Bank port expansion as national interest project](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/roberts-bank-terminal-2-national-interest-bc-november-2026) The federal government has declared Roberts Bank Terminal 2 a project of national interest, which may cut up to four years off its approval timeline and bring commercial operations to the Delta port by 2035. 7:15 am PT5 min read ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/provincial-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.