AUTO SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM CANADA’S PROVINCES AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMOVING INTER-PROVINCIAL TRADE BARRIERS

EFFORTS are escalating to reduce regulatory trade barriers between the 13 provinces and territories of Canada that can restrict sales of automobiles, especially trucks, while hindering the growth of auto-industry companies wanting to expand across the country. Provincial and territorial premiers (heads of government) were in July debating their response to a Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) struck between the federal government and the governments of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, ...


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