EXCLUSIVE: Lawyer who fought interprovincial trade barriers calls federal plan “a joke”
The Liberal government’s scheme to reduce interprovincial trade barriers is “a joke" and it "ignores the reality" says a prominent lawyer who has argued cases before the Supreme Court.
The Liberal government’s scheme to reduce interprovincial trade barriers is not worth the paper it’s written on and will likely fail if deeper problems are left undressed, says Arnold Schwisberg, the lawyer who has experience taking the issue to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Internal Trade Minister Anita Anand recently announced that Ottawa reached a deal with most provinces to take “unprecedented action” in reducing internal trade barriers in Canada’s alcohol sector.
The move is part of the federal government’s response to U.S. tariffs by halving internal trade barriers to boost economic growth by $200 billion.