Signs of life for interprovincial trade after decades of stagnation

Premiers meet with PM Mark Carney, call for end to internal trade barriers

OTTAWA — Several of Canada's premiers called for the elimination of interprovincial trade barriers on Friday ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Signs of life for interprovincial trade after decades of stagnation

Canada’s provinces do trade among themselves, but the problem is that internal trade levels have changed little since the early 1990s

Tackling Canada’s Internal Trade Barriers - An Interview with Trevor Tombe (Calgary Economist)

In this episode, we sit down with Trevor Tombe - Economist & Director of Fiscal & Economic Policy at the School of Public Policy. We discussed how much reducing Canada’s internal trade barriers could offset the negative effects of US tariffs, what industries would benefit the most from reduced interprovincial trade barriers, and whether removing internal trade barriers will spur more foreign investment in Canada. The post Tackling Canada’s Inter…