Internal trade a complement, not a solution, to reduced trade with U.S., say economists

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government tabled much-anticipated legislation on June 6 intended to remove interprovincial trade barriers, ease labour mobility, and help expedite major projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured June 5, 2025, on the Hill. He and the country’s premiers gathered for a first ministers' meeting in Saskatoon on June 2, which included discussions about removing internal trade barriers.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

June 9, 2025

Legislation to tear down interprovincial trade barriers represents a potential economic boost worth billions for this country’s economy, but it’s no substitute for trade with the United States, and it will only be a first step in a long process, say economists and other ...

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