Booze, language laws and maple syrup? Here’s how interprovincial barriers impact your daily life

By Jenna Benchetrit – CBC News

There’s been a lot of chatter about interprovincial trade barriers lately — namely, that Canada should remove them, with federal and provincial officials saying that opening up domestic trade could soften the impact of potential U.S. tariffs. But what are these barriers, and how do they impact our daily lives?

Just imagine that Canada’s 13 provinces and territories are each a small country, said Moshe Lander, an economics professor at Concordia University in Montreal.