Agree 100%. Canadians should be very nervous with extortionist actions like this. We are rapidly becoming just a collection of fiefdoms, not a country. 

Although I'm in favour of the pipeline, and a BCer, there is no way this should be allowed to stand. The Feds should get off their a$$es and fight this, rather than just pretend that nothing happened. What is to stop a province from now putting charges on any dangerous goods transported through their territory, by rail, ship, truck or whatever? Why just stop with oil? I get this is just to appease the Vancouver (we don't use resources) crowd, and an election is coming up, but this charge sets a totally dangerous precedent. 

Why just play into Trump's hand - he'll just say that Canadians put a charge on transporting their own oil through provinces, so why shouldn't the US charge something as well? If Christie is actually a free trader as she says, this is a funny way to show it.