Ja, Provinzhandelsbarrieren sind albern. Nein, das Reparieren wird uns nicht retten
Yes, Provincial Trade Barriers Are Silly. No, Fixing Them Won’t Save Us
Ja, Provinzhandelsbarrieren sind albern. Nein, das Reparieren wird uns nicht retten
Yes, Provincial Trade Barriers Are Silly. No, Fixing Them Won’t Save Us
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Most studies still show significant gains with the average estimations ranging between $50-150 billion in annual growth, with [the last government study from the Senate projecting growth at around $130 billion annually.](https://sencanada.ca/en/newsroom/banc-government-must-tear-down-the-walls-created-by-internal-trade-barriers-to-free-canada-s-economy-senators-say/) While the highest estimates of $200 billion is probably unlikely, an increase of around $50 billion a year would be nothing to scoff at either and would have raised GDP per capita over the last decade by around $12,500 CAD/$9,000 USD.
Basically even under most modest estimates, liberalizing internal trade would have stopped Canada’s economy from stagnating during the past decade and allowed us to keep a significantly better pace with the U.S. That would also translate to larger wage growth and more funding for social programs etc.
Is there anyone saying that provincial trade barriers alone are causing Canada’s malaise? Plenty of people point to them as _a_ problem. No one says it’s the only one. However, if we can solve that along with other factors like improved infrastructure that can make a real difference.
What person anywhere said this would „save us“?
Everyone’s waiting for the single, 600-foot home run, when it’s a hundred little improvements in a hundred different places are what will produce the kind of change we need.
Article seems kind of all over the place. Some good points are raised regarding the role lobbyists have played in setting up this byzantine system and calling out some ridiculous examples (like really, why the fuck are provinces regulating which types of shitters can be used on construction sites?)
But the idea of building our own Canadian Amazon just comes across like a pipedream.