N.B. premier’s internal trade moves don’t touch industry protection [Video]

Premier Susan Holt’s bold talk about “eliminating” and “tearing down” interprovincial trade barriers still has a long way to go before it catches up with economic reality.

Holt’s latest shuttle diplomacy on internal trade took her to Newfoundland and Labrador, where she signed another memorandum of understanding with another counterpart.

The premier has championed what she calls an “Atlantic free trade zone” in this region and a push to strip away restrictions on internal trade nationwide as fast as she can.

“Who can move forward with us? How far can we go? Let’s go all the way,” she said earlier this month after signing her first MOU in Toronto with Ontario Premier Doug Ford.