Invisible internal trade barriers: How Canada’s fragmented, opaque procurement systems limit competition and drive up spending
By Ryan Manucha and Joe Noss May 6, 2026 PDF of paper Executive Summary | Sommaire (le français suit) Canada’s ...
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Internal trade reform is finally moving and Canada cannot squander the momentum: Ryan Manucha in The Hill Times
This article originally appeared in The Hill Times. By Ryan Manucha, April 27, 2026 Internal trade reform has experienced remarkable ...
Nova Scotia leading the way on reducing interprovincial trade barriers: Ryan Manucha in National Newswatch
This article originally appeared in National Newswatch. By Ryan Manucha, May 9, 2025 When a duly licenced Quebec soccer dad ...
How provincial trade barriers rip off Canadians: Peter Copeland & Ryan Manucha for Inside Policy Talks
In this episode, Peter Copeland, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Program at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, sits down ...
Unlocking Canada’s economy: Why mutual recognition is the key to supercharging internal trade
By Ryan Manucha April 8, 2025 PDF of paper Executive Summary US President Donald Trump’s tariff threats seem to have ...
Why the answer to Trump’s tariff lies in the 19th century: Ryan Manucha in the Globe and Mail
This article originally appeared in the Globe and Mail. By Ryan Manucha, December 11, 2024 Donald Trump’s “America First” bombast ...
Internal barriers to trade: Webinar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJyUz_GzhGI Trade barriers are to be expected between countries. But when similar roadblocks are erected between provinces, they can send ...
Roadblocks ahead: Internal barriers to trade in Canada’s truck transportation sector
By Ryan Manucha and Trevor Tombe May 16, 2024 PDF of paper Executive Summary Canada’s truck transportation sector faces significant ...
Provincial trade barriers block Canada’s trucking industry
OTTAWA, ON (May 16, 2024): Regulatory barriers to interprovincial trade probably aren’t top of mind for most Canadians… but they ...
Mutual recognition in trade could increase Canada’s economy by $200 billion per year
OTTAWA, ON (September 20, 2022): Annually, Canada’s economy loses billions of dollars of productivity due to a web of rules, regulations, ...
Liberalizing internal trade through mutual recognition: A legal and economic analysis
By Ryan Manucha and Trevor Tombe September 20, 2022 PDF of paper Executive Summary In Canada, provincial and territorial governments ...
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