A free, mobile, and caring Canada, you say?

Our inaction on internal trade and information barriers, and climate-change strategies hinders our future survival and development.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives demonstrate that provincial governments want even more regressive amendments to their freedom of information acts, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

March 17, 2025

OTTAWA—Doing away with provincial barriers is finally belatedly underway, but this is about more than getting your favourite Canadian wine, or ending health professional certification barriers that prevent easy mobility and universal health care going to more Canadians.

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