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How to build ‘one Canadian economy’

Published:Friday June 6, 2025

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One of the biggest challenges facing the Canadian economy is improving what we already do: Better efficiency, more open trade. What Ottawa is calling ‘one Canadian economy.’ Trevor Tombe is one of Canada’s most sought after economists and the go-to expert on interprovincial trade barriers. A professor at The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary and a PPF Fellow, he talks to host Amanda Lang about how we get there, how long it will take and why there will be winners and losers of more open cross-Canada trade.

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