Yeah, those are both good examples of interdependent supply between us and Canada, where it makes sense to keep markets geographically together.
I’m more referring to artificial blocks in terms of provincial barriers put in place for political reasons, like my alcohol example. Historically, these were restrictions for tax reasons between Ontario, Quebec and western Canada, but recent (last 20 years) spats and competition for transfer payments have essentially cut off lumber, paint, car parts, raw minerals, etc between provinces as close as sask and Manitoba.
And that is on top of intangible services gradually being restricted more and more between provinces. As a remote worker and contractor, rules have tightened for me about working in multiple provinces simultaneously.
These measures aren’t there to balance economics, they exist because provinces compete more than they cooperate.
Yeah, those are both good examples of interdependent supply between us and Canada, where it makes sense to keep markets geographically together.
I’m more referring to artificial blocks in terms of provincial barriers put in place for political reasons, like my alcohol example. Historically, these were restrictions for tax reasons between Ontario, Quebec and western Canada, but recent (last 20 years) spats and competition for transfer payments have essentially cut off lumber, paint, car parts, raw minerals, etc between provinces as close as sask and Manitoba.
And that is on top of intangible services gradually being restricted more and more between provinces. As a remote worker and contractor, rules have tightened for me about working in multiple provinces simultaneously.
These measures aren’t there to balance economics, they exist because provinces compete more than they cooperate.