Mike Kelloway at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

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June 18th, 2025 / 4:15 p.m.

Liberal

Mike Kelloway Liberal Sydney—Glace Bay, NS

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the ministers for being here and for your testimony.

I'm going to try to get questions to the three of you. I have limited time.

I'm going to start with Minister Freeland.

I think you did a really good job of explaining the “why” of this legislation, which is eliminating federal internal trade barriers. You talked about the “what”. It's impressive in its potential. We could reduce costs by 15%, increase productivity by 7% and increase the GDP by 4%.

I think it's really important for Canadians to have a mental image of what that truly means. Hypothetically, there's a company in Cape Breton that sells really good beer. How would it impact them going forward in terms of the elimination of federal trade barriers?

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