Breaking down barriers

Reducing interprovincial trade barriers is a long-term solution, and not likely to pick up the short-term slack from any potential tariffs.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s plan includes increasing economic activity among the provinces, but it requires putting a finger on the markets to distort economic gains, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

February 5, 2025

CALGARY—Internal provincial trade has been lauded as an approach to counter United States President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods. Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand claims that removing these interprovincial barriers would boost the domestic ec...

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