The CCF - Canadian Constitution Foundation

Minister Dominic LeBlanc talks interprovincial free trade at the OCOM conference on November 1,2018.

Premiers and Prime Minister meeting this week to discuss interprovincial free trade

Post published:December 6, 2018
Post category:News Press Releases

The Canadian Constitution Foundation offers its best wishes to the Prime Minister and First Ministers meeting in Montreal this Friday, December 7, for productive talks on breaking down archaic interprovincial trade barriers that are holding the Canadian economy back. We understand that each province has its own regional concerns, but…

Varcoe: Alberta ditches beer grants, targets Ontario in new booze trade brawl

Post published:November 28, 2018
Post category:News

It took three years and several embarrassing losses for the Notley government to finally figure out the best way to stop other provinces from allegedly discriminating against Alberta-brewed beer. The province is shifting from defence to offence by launching its own trade challenge. In the past three years, the NDP…

Image by Dondy Razon under CC 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/d0ndy/17149490148/in/photolist-s8rBWC-D3TKgd-92R6wV-e7cvvR-9bjQsp-2zpBHN-8q8xYN-CquJ6N-eaU19Y-du8z3s-w4N6M5-q2ojvK-9XKCA-69n3sh-RWFmVA-bo286D-nQ9bBJ-mWGNEx-iRbx5m-fPxGqz-Yiwj-oatyYJ-mWKH4Z-X3BTN8-TrHkAQ-koYTPD-S7F1GJ-QWohFr-RWN9Lw-nvVaBb-oW5jja-yVyu-caiWuu-RZids8-77FDFV-iRiwau-aSzLr-VhQjhv-pNqvWC-S7MVWY-SQxKZs-QWo5R4-6LGstL-S7MM2J-69oyHg-9sgMeb-23BczC-cYXBzW-5SYXGT-23Be6Q https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode

Alberta to sue Ontario over interprovincial trade barrier, but will fail to meet its own deadline for responding to trade panel ruling

Post published:November 27, 2018
Post category:News Press Releases

Yesterday, Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci made two important announcements. First, that Alberta will take legal action against the Government of Ontario for erecting trade barriers that it alleges keep Alberta’s liquor products out of Ontario. Second, that Alberta will fail to meet its deadline to comply with a recent…

Email Newsletter