provincial trade barriers

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COVID crisis presents opportunity for trade reform in Atlantic Canada

Lower trade barriers allow businesses to shift more easily toward areas where goods and services can be produced more cheaply.


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It’s the Court’s Constitution now

Provincial monopolies, supply management and regulatory restrictions hinder the passage of goods between provinces.


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Back in Canada’s pre-Confederation days, one selling point for uniting the then-disparate British provinces was to drop existing barriers to commerce. The hope was for a country with a free-flow of trade and services in which all could potentially prosper.