Now isn’t the time for backsliding on internal trade

What once looked like national progress is at risk of devolving into a patchwork of limited, short-lived deals, risking a repeat of the same failures.

Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and the Committee on Internal Trade have a June 1 deadline looming to facilitate labour mobility.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY BRADLEE WHIDDEN

May 26, 2025

As the new United States administration took a wrecking ball to our once-strong bilateral trade relationship, Canadian businesses were left scrambling to pivot away from our largest trading partner, seeking alternative suppliers and destinations for goods. Naturally, Canadia...

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