Reading Time: 2 minutes Report says barriers cost between $3,500 and $9,200 per Canadian household every year
Tag: Trade in Canada
Internal trade barriers cripple Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes The good news is the Constitution guarantees free trade among provinces. But do federal officials have the political will?
Tear down Canada’s interprovincial trade walls
Reading Time: 3 minutes The annual national price tag for maintaining internal barriers may top $130 billion
Barriers to competition hurt Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government-erected barriers mean firms have few incentives to improve efficiency, cut costs and satisfy consumers
Interprovincial trade barriers are a national embarrassment
Reading Time: 4 minutes Studies suggest these constraints cost the Canadian economy up to $130 billion a year. But we can change that
Premiers the barrier to free trade within Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Our premiers regularly meet to discuss liberalizing trade. Year after year, decade after decade, nothing concrete is ever accomplished
Will Trump’s protectionism be the making of Canada?
Reading Time: 4 minutes By blowing up NAFTA, Trump would be forcing Canada to take control of its future once again and commit to building common bonds to preserve our nation’s integrity
Comeau ruling defies economic – and common – sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Supreme Court ruling that there’s no ‘constitutional guarantee of free trade’ will stifle both competition and lower prices for consumers
Shove EDC off taxpayers’ shoulders and into the private sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s export credit agency is good at what it does. But part of that is taking risks with taxpayers’ money. It’s time for that to end
Trade wars, food fights and a budget that ignores it all
Reading Time: 4 minutes Duties may look like attractive, simple mechanisms to protect domestic interests. But they’re a very expensive way to retain jobs