i was able to find a bullshit report by the "canadian independent federation of businesses", whatever the fuck that is, but i was not able to find any sort of legitimate academic study.

the obvious clear losers of removing interprovincial trade barriers in canada would be quebec and ontario, where the winners would be saskatchewan and manitoba.

the police in canada are happy to root out any competition to the biker gangs.

just don't ask them to go after the bikers, themselves.

this is the great open secret in canadian politics that makes everything make sense once you understand it: the hells angels are the single most powerful corporation in this country.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/on-patrol/article/blood-family-mafia-targeted-by-police-operation-in-levis-sainte-claire/

Examples include a requirement that real estate services providers in Ontario have a local presence, limiting trapping and hunting guide licences and mandating the use of locally grown grapes in wine production.

great.

ugh.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/ontario-to-loosen-internal-trade-remove-barriers-on-alcohol-and-labour-mobility/

it's not a deal, it's a gift.

i hope manitoba is at least gracious enough to send us a thank you card.

if donald trump is failing at trade theory because he's making it too hard to access markets, ford is failing at trade theory by giving foreign producers access to ontario's markets for nothing in return. he's repeating exactly the same mistake that has hollowed out ontario's economy for decades. ontario's breweries will soon look like southern ontario's shuttered car factories.

the framers of our constitution were correct to erect interprovincial trade barriers and they should not be torn down without academic consultation. we should have studies and commissions before we act, and those studies would no doubt recommend leaving the status quo in place.

but doug ford doesn't care about studies or commissions, he cares about his gut - his gigantic beer gut. who needs to read books when you can drink beer, instead? 

the consequence of the giant beer gut is his shriveled up beer brain. 

we need more intelligent leadership in this province.

what does ontario get in return for allowing manitoban producers access to it's large and wealthy market?

the answer is nothing.

this is a good deal for manitoba, and a bad deal for small breweries in ontario, who will now face greater competition.

doug ford is just not very smart.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-ontario-manitoba-internal-trade-agreement-alcohol-sales/

as expected, mark carney's cabinet indicates that the focus of his government will be on advancing the interests of bankers rather than workers.

i don't know why some people were so easily misled. all the guy did was drop some hockey metaphors. it's somewhat embarrassing, as a canadian.

i don't think his government will be very successful or last very long. the ndp, or elizabeth may, could very well take it down to stop them from passing a budget to the right of stephen harper.