P.E.I. premier Rob Lantz shares plan to ease flow of goods, workers among provinces [Video]

The P.E.I. government has introduced its plan to reduce trade barriers with other provinces, spurred by the need to open new markets in the face of ongoing threat of tariffs from the Trump administration in the United States.

Premier Rob Lantz brought the proposed Interprovincial Trade and Mobility Act to the legislature himself on Friday. 

The legislation would ease the flow of goods to and from other provinces, and make it easier for workers in some regulated professions to find employment on the Island. 

Nova Scotia became the first province to enact this type of legislation back in February, in an effort to boost the economy after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled he wanted to launch a trade war with countries including Canada.