OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government plans to remove federal trade barriers by recognizing the rules provinces have in place, National Post has learned.

The measures are set to be introduced in a “One Canadian Economy” bill aimed at knocking down federal trade barriers and fast-tracking the approvals process for major energy and infrastructure projects to be introduced Friday.

The full title of the bill is “An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act.”

The proposed legislation takes aim at the overlap that exists between rules at the provincial and federal levels of government, including when it comes to workers.

The federal government is hoping the legislation will receive unanimous support from all parties to fast-track its

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