B.C. will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to remove internal trade barriers: minister [Video]

British Columbia plans to enter a meeting with other provinces this week prepared to make “substantive changes” to its interprovincial trade barriers as the threat of hefty U.S. tariffs looms, Economic Development Minister Diana Gibson said.

Gibson met virtually on Feb. 21 with her provincial counterparts on the Committee on Internal Trade and said they were committed to reducing trade barriers within the country.

“We have come together with an incredible energy and commitment to meet this moment to help reduce barriers to trade, so that movements of goods and services across our provinces can help unlock economic development and support jobs and economic diversity,” she said in an interview after the meeting.

The group is set to meet in person in Toronto this coming Friday.

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