Free my grapes: Dismantling Canada’s interprovincial barriers to trade

'There is no good reason to section off the country into distinct markets with limited access to a full selection of goods and services, while there are many good reasons—tens of billions of them—to bring down provincial trade barriers.'

The Canadian Vintners Association is calling for the creation of an 'acceptable interprovincial direct-to-consumer wine delivery system across Canada.'Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY DAN PASZKOWSKI, MICHEL KELLY-GAGNON

March 19, 2018

In June 2016, the Senate of Canada released a report entitled “Tear Down These Walls: Dismantling Canada’s Internal Trade Barriers,” which called upon federal and provincial/territorial governments to take priority action on removing internal barriers to trade. The Senate views this call to ac...

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