7 h. ago CHARLEBOIS: Canada’s internal trade fix leaves major barriers untouched

While Ottawa celebrates minor progress in removing trade barriers, the real roadblock remains untouched

Politics

25 h. ago B.C. prepared to make ‘substantive changes’ to interprovincial trade barriers

British Columbia's economic development minister says the government plans to enter next week's meeting with other provinces prepared to make "substantive changes" to its interprovincial trade barriers as the threat of hefty U.S. tariff threats loom.

Economics

35 h. ago Letters February 21, 2025: ‘Unite against the incoming tariffs, Canada.’

STAND UNITED, CANADA We need to be united as a country against the tariff threats that are coming from the United States. They will be enacted. We must buy everything we can that is made here. There must be changes between the provinces. There are too many interprovincial trade barriers. We have been great neighbours […]

Economics

36 h. ago Beyond borders: A simple solution to our country’s internal trade barriers

Michael Burt: Non-tariff barriers still limit the free movement of goods across our provinces

Economics

52 h. ago N.S. premier joins Doug Ford at PC campaign stop as advance polls open

The two presented their solutions for Canada's interprovincial trade barriers, which have come into sharp focus under the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from the United States.

Other

52 h. ago Doug Ford says Ontario PCs would help tear down Canada’s internal trade barriers

Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says his party will work to tear down interprovincial trade barriers amid ongoing U.S. tariff threats, as he prepares for his second trip to Washington, D.C., during the Ontario election campaign. Ford says a PC government would remove all of Ontario’s remaining party-specific exemptions under the Canada Free Trade Agreement, […]

Economics

2 d. ago Cut red tape faster, family doctors urge, as B.C. legislature resumes sittings

In Tuesday's speech, the NDP government pointed to efforts to recruit and retain more doctors, while allowing doctors to spend more time with their patients. 

Science

3 d. ago EU publishes farming sector reform ‘vision’ which aims to cut red tape and redistribute subsidies

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive on Wednesday heeded the call of activist agricultural organizations and the complaints of hard-right parties by proposing a vision for the future of farming and food production that aims to cut deep into the complicated rules designed to protect the environment. The blueprint, which seek to better protect […]

Society

3 d. ago Trade barriers: Red tape between provinces costing London area $1.4B

Barriers to trading goods between provinces could be costing the wider London area as much as $1.4 billion in lost production a year, a national economist says.

Economics

5 d. ago B.C. wineries are pressing for removal of interprovincial trade barriers

Amid Donald Trump's tariff threats, B.C. winegrowers are calling for an end to barriers that prevent them from selling directly to consumers in other provinces.

Economics