The hunt for interprovincial trade barriers is stalling Canada’s post-pandemic reconstruction

The Canadian Free Trade Agreement’s single-minded focus on eliminating so-called barriers to interprovincial trade creates its own hurdles to issues like better environmental policy and stronger worker protections.

At the CFTA’s five-year mark, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc should work with his provincial and territorial counterparts to engage the public about the post-pandemic industrial strategy we need to meet the urgent challenges in front of us, write Chris Roberts and Stuart Trew. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CHRIS ROBERTS AND STUART TREW

August 1, 2022

This summer marks the five-year anniversary of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), a provincial pact with the federal government that flies well below most people’s radars. Despite its young age, the agreement is looking like a dusty relic that’s out of place in today’s world. In fact, ...

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