Ontario introduces bill to remove provincial trade barriers

The Ontario government is introducing its promised legislation to begin the removal of barriers that frustrate trade between provinces, changes the province says are needed to boost economic growth within Canada as the country faces down U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.In material provided to reporters, the government cites a Macdonald-Laurier Institute study suggesting the reduction of various regulatory barriers between provinces could add as much as $200-billion a year to the country’s economy. But some economists say the real impact may be harder to measure and that lifting what are in some cases obscure regulations may not immediately translate into a huge economic boon.