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Opinion: Anger with Trump won’t solve our economic problems

We need to begin by tearing down the economic walls between provinces. The obvious way to start is with mutual recognition of standards

The uncomfortable truth about the dramatic turn in Canada-United States relations is that no U.S. deal, no matter the price, was going to change Canada’s economic position much. Our situation wasn’t determined at a bargaining table in D.C. It was set here at home over the past 30 years — one permit delay and provincial carve-out after another. Ottawa’s to-do list of “nationally important projects” is proof the current federal government at least half-understands the problem. It also shows exactly how far we are from finishing the job of “building Canada strong at home.”

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