That's understandable. That's what trade does. Trade forces businesses to compete for workers through better conditions and higher wages, and to compete for customers through lower prices and better products. Absent competition, the fat-cat CEOs and shareholders can sit back and milk the system with governmental protection, as they are doing now. It is a huge cause of wealth inequality. This is everything from skilled and qualified immigrants being banned from working in their sector because professional bodies won't let them work and get a permit—even when they're qualified—to arresting people for simply taking liquor across interprovincial borders. That's from a really disappointing ruling by the Supreme Court. It decided not to enforce section 121 of the BNA Act, which allows us, as a constitutional right, to take produce across interprovincial borders.
According to one study by economist Trevor Tombe, this is costing $6,000 per year per household in Canada. These are recurring losses of income and consumer product benefits every single year.
Can you speak further about how we can take urgent action to practically break down these government obstacles to competition in our economy?