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Title

Provincial trade wars : why the blockade must end / edited by Filip Palda.

Publication

Vancouver, Canada : The Fraser Institute, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Palda, K. Filip.

Description

xxiv, 170 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

• This book explains why Canadians must rid themselves of interprovincial trade barriers. Canada's provinces do almost as much trade with each other as they do with the rest of the world. But trade between the provinces is harder than with foreign countries.
• We trouble our own house with an amazing variety of barriers: professionals and tradespeople cannot move freely and practice where they wish, regulation makes it hard for investments to flow to where they are most needed, provincial governments give contracts to local firms even though out-of-province firms can do the job at a lower cost, Ottawa pays the most generous UI to regions with the highest unemployment and thereby encourages people to stay in parts of the country with little promise. The effects of such barriers on the economy are difficult to measure, which may be the reason that little has been done about them. But Canadians cannot afford to ignore their costs. The European Community is very close to the goal of ensuring free trade among its members.
• Unless we unlock our potential we may fall behind other countries and communities that have recognized the importance of internal as well as external free trade.

Subjects

• Non-tariff trade barriers > Canada > Provinces
• Trade regulation > Canada > Provinces
• Interstate commerce > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface: Why Canada Must Rid Itself of Interprovincial Trade Barriers / Filip Palda -- Interprovincial Barriers in the Beer Trade / Ian J. Irvine and William J. Sims -- Financial Markets in Canada: Regulation in a Small Economy in Global Markets / John C. Pattison -- Interprovincial Barriers to Agricultural Trade / Barry E. Prentice -- The Balkanization of the Canadian Economy: A Legacy of Federal Policies / Jean-Luc Migue -- Barriers to Interprovincial Labour Mobility / Morely Gunderson -- Big Wheels Stalling: How bad are Barriers to Commercial Transportation between the Provinces? / Norman C. Bonsor.

ISBN

0889751668

LCCN

94154069

OCLC

ocm31207850

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries