Ottawa removes all federal exceptions from Canadian Free Trade Agreement

Racy Rafique · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 6:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

The national authorities says it has removed each interprovincial commercialized barriers nether its jurisdiction. 

Ottawa has eliminated the remaining national exceptions from the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said successful a property merchandise connected Monday. 

Of the 53 exceptions removed, most of them focused connected procurement, according to the property release. 

"Today's announcement builds connected the government's efforts to fortify the Canadian economy," reads the statement.

"The national authorities volition proceed to amusement enactment successful this area, and enactment with provinces and territories to fortify the CFTA, beforehand communal recognition and guarantee seamless labour mobility wrong Canada."

Throughout the outpouring national predetermination campaign, Mark Carney arsenic Liberal person repeatedly vowed to "eliminate" interprovincial commercialized barriers and make "free commercialized by Canada Day."

But Canada's interior commercialized barriers won't each beryllium eliminated by past — not adjacent each the national ones.

Canada's proviso absorption strategy for dairy products, which sets provincial accumulation quotas, volition remain. Quebec besides has connection requirements that volition enactment successful place.

Provinces person announced steps to trim their ain interprovincial commercialized barriers successful caller months.