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Internal trade reform is finally moving and Canada cannot squander the momentum
Minister of Internal Trade of Canada Dominic LeBlanc was among the panellists at the 'Building Bigger and Faster: Breaking Down Barriers to Prosperity' event in Montreal on April 11, 2026. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Internal trade reform has experienced remarkable progress over the past 16 months, but the warning signs are flashing that momentum is waning.
A Call for Coherence: Variation in Recent Legislative Approaches to Remedy Internal Trade Barriers
INTRODUCTION U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff belligerence at the start of 2025 set off a maelstrom of interprovincial trade reform initiatives in Canada.
Ryan Manucha: The big risk in the Liberals’ Canada Day deadline to fix interprovincial trade
Commentary 9 June 2025 Mark Carney following the First Minister’s Meeting in Saskatoon, Sask., June 2, 2025. Liam Richards/The Canadian Press. The Liberals’ July 1 deadline for internal trade reform is an ambitious goal, but it can’t be the end of the matter The Carney government has pinned Canada Day as a self-imposed deadline for the removal of federal barriers to interprovincial trade. This July 1st target recognizes a reality of human nature: we need deadlines to get things done.
Canada cannot waste its best chance for internal trade reform since Confederation
Canada cannot waste its best chance for internal trade reform since Confederation Beyond the barriers it directly controls, federal engagement and co-ordination is fundamental to mitigating provincial barriers. Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to tabling legislation by July 1, 2025, to eliminate all federal barriers to interprovincial trade and labour mobility. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Nova Scotia leading the way on reducing interprovincial trade barriers
When a duly licenced Quebec soccer dad shuttles his daughter to a tournament in Ontario, no government official asks him to pull his sedan over at the provincial border for a quick road test. What enables his seamless arrival at the pitch is the fact that two governments have decided to accept each others’ standards for drivers. This “mutual recognition” is Canada’s most effective tool for breaking down interprovincial trade barriers.
Opinion: The federal budget’s small steps toward freer interprovincial trade Original
Ottawa is pushing mutual recognition of standards rather than harmonization. That's good. But progress is slow and needs more leadership Published May 10, 2024 • Last updated 5 minutes ago • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and cabinet ministers before the tabling of the federal budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Opinion: The federal budget’s small steps toward freer interprovincial trade
Breadcrumb Trail Links FP Comment Opinion: The federal budget’s small steps toward freer interprovincial trade Ottawa is pushing mutual recognition of standards rather than harmonization. That's good.
Opinion: The federal budget’s small steps toward freer interprovincial trade
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The remarkable true story of the fight to outright ban margarine in Canada Original
Excerpt: Butter's lesser sibling had a rocky introduction into Canada, as revealed in the book Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups • Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content The story of margarine dates back to the mid-1800s in France and includes an interesting tale of Canadian interprovincial trade.
Interprovincial trade illuminates Canadian history (and the extra beer in the trunk)
The Hub is proud to be partnering with the Donner Prize, which will be announced on May 18. We’ll be running excerpts from the shortlisted books all week and you can also listen to Hub Dialogues episodes with all the nominees. Click here to view the shortlist and get caught up on Canada’s best public policy books. Excerpt from Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade by Ryan Manucha Ryan Manucha is a scholar of interprovincial trade law.
Internalizing International Trade Law: A Critical Analysis of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement’s National Treatment Jurisprudence
Osgoode Home > Osgoode Digital Commons > Journals > OHLJ > Vol. 57 > Iss. 2 (2021) Abstract The Canadian Free Trade Agreement 2017 (CFTA), which replaced the Agreement on Internal Trade 1995 (AIT), provides a forum to resolve internal trade disputes against provinces, territories, and the federal government. Under its predecessor, the AIT, thirteen dispute panels and two appeal panels convened to adjudicate such claims; to date, no cases have yet been brought under the CFTA.
A court where the complainant always wins
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Arbitrator bias and domestic trade disputes
Many are familiar with the issue of impartiality in the context of international-investment arbitral panels. Less talked about, however, is how these same concerns bear on arbitrators in disputes under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement. Canada’s provinces and territories are all party to the little-known Canadian Free Trade Agreement. It is the successor to the Agreement on Internal Trade of 1994.
ADR principles should guide civil pretrials
While the stated purpose of civil pretrials is settlement, our Rules of Civil Procedure provide a process that has a lot to do with litigation and little to do with settlement. Perhaps it’s no accident that, in the Superior Courts of Justice, the process is referred to as a “pre-trial” rather than as a “settlement conference” as it is in small claims court.
Defending the despised
Do lawyers have an ethical obligation to represent the unpopular? This was the topic for the Toronto Lawyers Association 8th Annual Current Topics in Ethics & Professionalism program last year. It’s one of those questions that come up all the time. Most think they know the answer — lawyers should represent the unpopular, that’s part of their job — but some people have nagging doubts.
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The Alberta Balance
As many other provinces struggle to find a balance between injured plaintiffs’ rights and skyrocketing insurance rates, Alberta stands out as a model of compromise and success. The Alberta system—tort with a minor injury cap—is certainly not unique in this country. What makes Alberta different, however, is the level of efficiency and cooperation we see between lawyers and insurers in the resolution of claims.
With a 'new NAFTA' deal, B.C.'s protectionist wine policy ends, too
Ryan Manucha is pursuing his J.D. at Harvard Law School. He has worked in the trade policy section at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and in the economic analysis group at the Ontario Securities Commission. He has BA in Economics from Yale University. Late Sunday night, U.S. and Canadian negotiators announced a tentative NAFTA overhaul under the newly renamed “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.” There will be much discussion about the buzzier issues, from dairy to steel to Chapter 19.
Manucha: Alberta and B.C. have a means to resolve the pipeline dispute
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley holds a news conference in Edmonton on Monday to provide an update on the trade war with British Columbia. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA NETWORK Recently, the British Columbia government refused to allow increased shipments of bitumen from the Alberta oilsands to B.C. ports.
A possible way forward for the burgeoning B.C.-Alberta trade war - Macleans.ca
Ryan Manucha is pursuing his J.D. at Harvard Law School. He has worked in the trade policy section at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., and in the economic analysis group at the Ontario Securities Commission. He has BA in Economics from Yale University.
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