The USA, rail companies and Port Vancouver have all the cards.

A reminder that Canada ratified the Trade Facilitation agreement in Dec. 2016 and it became part of the WTO agreements in Feb. 2017. Canada is committed to trans-boundary and hassle free shipments.
Also a reminder that BC exempted the coal ports from environmental assessment in 2014 so BC has little or no leverage. 

Bad policy but an even worse BC reaction.
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