“Interprovincial trade: Alberta in first place, Quebec in last” Courtesy of MEI While Canada continues to negotiate free trade agreements with numerous countries, the provinces maintain obstacles to trade within our own borders. The MEI and the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) have listed them from best to worst in a ranking of Canadian […]
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It’s not just USMCA: Canada needs to tackle internal trade barriers, too
“Provincial Trade Barriers Shoot Canadians in the Foot” By Fergus Hodgson, courtesy Frontier Centre If there is one finding of near unanimous consensus among economists, it is that free trade increases productivity and boosts growth. The flip side is that tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers generally reduce welfare. By how much? […]