Premier Wab Kinew announced today, the Manitoba government will sign a new memorandum of understanding with British Columbia to advance free trade between the two provinces and cabinet will pass regulations by July 1 to ensure mutual recognition of other provinces by Canada Day.
“Fair trade in Canada is something the business community has been advocating for a long time,” said Kinew. “Manitoba is moving quickly to knock down the barriers that exist so we can create more wealth, jobs and opportunities here in Manitoba and build a more resilient and sovereign Canadian economy.”
Kinew says with the Fair Trade in Canada Act, the legal framework is in place to establish reciprocal jurisdictions, and the next step is for cabinet to pass mutual recognition rules for goods and services that meet comparable standards with those jurisdictions.
Kinew also noted in the face of challenges like wildfires and new U.S. tariffs on steel, Manitoba’s economy remains strong with a reaffirmed A+ credit rating from S&P Global.
