Why Do Provincial Trade Barriers Still Exist? | The Agenda

Why Do Provincial Trade Barriers Still Exist? | The Agenda

February 1 is the day Donald Trump declared the U.S. will impose import tariffs on Canadian products. In the meantime, leaders at the federal and provincial level have been debating responses to those tariffs. One idea that has cropped up again... and it's by no means a new one... is bringing down interprovincial trade barriers. Why do they still exist and what could easing them mean for the Canadian economy?

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