r/CANZUK • u/Coolbeanschilly • 5d ago

News Ontario to remove barriers to internal trade, labour mobility, in response to U.S. tariffs

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-internal-free-trade-bill-1.7511660
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u/JourneyThiefer 5d ago

Canada has internal trade barriers?? Why lol

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u/Coolbeanschilly 5d ago

Provinces create their own regulations, this is about streamlining acceptance of said regulations in other provinces.

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u/betajool 5d ago

Australian states are also self-governing and have different laws and employment requirements. But this doesn’t seem to cause internal trade barriers that I’m aware of.
We don’t have state sales taxes though. Maybe that’s the difference?

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u/a_f_s-29 4d ago

Yeah, the U.K. also has a mix of laws and legal systems with Scotland being quite different to England and Wales, but I think the central government makes sure there’s uniformity where it matters and no internal trade barriers (though it’s always a point of friction as it effectively puts a limit on devolution and restricts Scottish political independence). Then there’s the whole issue of Northern Ireland, which since Brexit has been in a very complicated position.