Booze, cigarettes, and constitutional dust-ups : Canada's quest for interprovincial free trade

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"Gerard Comeau, a retiree living in rural New Brunswick, never thought his booze run would turn him into a Canadian hero. In 2012, after Comeau had driven to Quebec to purchase cheaper beer and crossed back into his home province, police officers participating in a low-stakes sting operation tailed and detained him, confiscated his haul, and levied a fine of less than 300 dollars. Countries routinely engage in trade wars and erect barriers to pro...

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Free trade Government policy Canada

Interprovincial commerce Canada

Interstate commerce Canada

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McGill-Queen's/Brian Mulroney Institute of Government studies in leadership, public policy, and governance McGill-Queen's/Brian Mulroney Institute of Government studies in leadership, public policy, and governance ; 10

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ISBN:

9780228014423
0228014425

Description:

xi, 296 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Canada's quest for interprovincial free trade

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Get your hands off my beer
The house the beavers built
Booze, cigarettes, and constitutional dust-ups --A turkey farmer takes on the Wheat Board
A potash cartel and its Canadian kingpin
Gravity and the internal trade barrier
American apples, Korean beef, and Canadian beer
Think tanks, accords, and a clash of ideology
The birth of a trade deal
Agreeing on how to disagree
Margarine meltdown
Deals within deals
Duvets, organic lettuce, and building codes : The new age of internal trade
Interprovincial trade and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples living in Canada
The future of domestic free trade

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3265806

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