The Vancouver Sun reports in its Wednesday edition that B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark wants to see U.S. thermal coal banned from B.C.'s ports. The Sun's Rob Shaw writes that Ms. Clark wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proposing the ban. B.C.'s ports fall under federal responsibility, but Liberal officials insisted the province could enact some type of unspecified levy on coal shipments as well. Ms. Clark said she had been considering the move for some time, but did not want to propose it during softwood lumber negotiations because it might antagonize the Americans. "We had an obligation to be good trading partners with our trading partners in the United States," she said stumping for votes at a paper mill in Surrey. "They are no longer good trading partners with Canada. So that means we're free to ban filthy thermal coal from B.C. ports, and I hope the federal government will support us in doing that." U.S. President Donald Trump's administration levied the tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber on Tuesday, sparking worries that it would decimate B.C.'s forest industry and forest-dependent communities. Mr. Trudeau's office issued a brief statement, but the PM did not tip his hand on the issue.