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Economic benefits of breaking down provincial trade barriers overestimated, says HEC report

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Various reports on ending provincial trade barriers estimate that doing so could be worth from $110 billion to $200 billion annually , or $2,900 to $5,100 per capita.

HEC said the potential economic gains have been overstated because they overestimate the value of eliminating provincial exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and underestimate the effect of distance on provincial trade.

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