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Alex Tabarrok
@ATabarrok
Yup, Canadian firms often find it easier to trade with people in the U.S. than with Canadians in other provinces. Crazy, eh?
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Heather Exner-Pirot
@ExnerPirot
Think tariffs are harmful? Per @nationalbank Canada's interprovincial trade barriers are equivalent to a 21% tariff. Removing them could raise Canadian GDP per capita by 3.8%. Let's demand our leaders fix this. nbc.ca/content/dam/bn
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Ian
@Kirblar024
Having different import duties coming back from a trip in the US depending on what province you're going into is insanity.
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Inglorious Nerd
@dnerd666_
Even without the inter-provincial taxes, as a Canadian entrepreneur I find it easier to market my services to the US because the mareket here is a bunch of cartels and big corporations, often controlled by the 3-8 same big families.
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James Devereaux
@jcdevereaux1
This is a rare commerce clause win and is largely invisible for most people. It doesn't justify the dumb commerce clause interpretations. But it's better than nothing.
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