Internal trade barriers in Canada tell a story of our country’s struggle to pursue an enduring singleness

Ryan Manucha's Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade, is one of five finalists for this year's Donner Prize. The following is an excerpt.
Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada's Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade, by Ryan Manucha, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. Manucha's book is a finalist for this year's $60,000 Donner Prize.

On a seasonably warm October Saturday in 2012, Gerard Comeau drove his car across the New Brunswick border into Quebec. His mission: take advantage of the relatively cheaper beer and wine prices on the other side of the bridge that separates Point-à-la-Croix from Campbellto...

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