OTTAWA – Quebec is joining the Canadian internal trade party. One of the most regulated provinces in the country has introduced “the most ambitious bill in Canada” aimed at removing its trade barriers.

“We are sending a signal that Quebec is open to interprovincial trade,” said Christopher Skeete, Quebec’s minister delegate for the economy. “We must accept to open our market.”

Quebec is yet another Canadian province to remove such barriers, along with Nova Scotia, Ontario and New Brunswick. Nova Scotia was the first province to pass a new law encouraging reciprocity between provinces and territories earlier this year.

“For me, reciprocity is not the answer. Our solution has been to open for everybody regardless, and we believe if everybody does that, we each achieve the same goal,” Skee

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