Alaska senator threatens to ban American cruise ships from stopping in Vancouver, Canada, impacting ~1.3M tourists, CCL, RCL, NCLH impact

Is a senator allowed to determine where private companies conduct their business?

Wonder how this would impact Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Norwegian Cruise Line if this were to go through, currently just a threat in response to British Columbia's premier charging trucks moving through BC to Alaska.

Sources

[https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/14/alaska-senator-threatens-cruise-ships-bc-stop-over/](https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/14/alaska-senator-threatens-cruise-ships-bc-stop-over/)

[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cruise-ship-passengers-2024-1.7367096](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cruise-ship-passengers-2024-1.7367096)

[https://www.portvancouver.com/article/record-2024-cruise-season-wraps-port-vancouver](https://www.portvancouver.com/article/record-2024-cruise-season-wraps-port-vancouver)