The Prime Minister stated in the red book and in both throne speeches that dismantling internal trade barriers was a high priority. He also promised jobs. Still we have unemployment figures hanging around double digit levels. Canadians want jobs. If the Prime Minister would spend more time at home working on reducing internal trade barriers, maybe his government could honour its promise of jobs, jobs, jobs.
The Fraser Institute estimates that trade barriers cost Canadian families up to $3,500 a year. Think tanks and business groups estimate that interprovincial trade barriers cost Canadian business $6 billion to $10 billion a year. This means tens of thousands and probably hundreds of thousands of jobs, all lost because the government will not honour its promise to remove internal trade barriers.
For the sake of Canadians who are desperately looking for work, will the Prime Minister and his government honour this election promise?