Still ‘a lot left to do’ on advancing internal trade, more than a year after feds dropped barriers, experts say

Despite ‘minor agreements’ on interprovincial trade between provinces over the past year, former senior public servant and ex-TD Bank top economist Don Drummond says ‘the major obstacles remain unchanged.’
On June 29, Internal Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc issued a statement urging provincial and territorial ministers responsible for internal trade to 'move faster' and 'meet established timelines.'

Just over a year after the Carney Liberals held up their promise to drop federal barriers to internal trade, provinces still need to make strides to increase labour mobility and the trade of services, say economists and interprovincial trade experts.

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