Governance in the agreement on internal trade : Gouvernance dans le contexte de l'accord sur le commerce interieur

A final word before beginning: the views expressed in this study are the responsibility of the authors and are not attributable to any of the individuals in the resource group, their organizations or their governments, or the views of CGA-Canada. [...] The reluctance of governments to remove such barriers flows from a fear of reprisals by the organizations within the sector that will be affected-often to the point where governments lose the incentive to act. [...] We must have confidence that the governance will result in a legitimate implementation of the rules—that is, a better balancing of the values of federalism and the principles and rules of the Agreement. [...] Indeed, the goals4 that the Agreement lays out in its transport chapter have for the most part been met, and the rapid growth of the trucking industry in Canada is a testament to the success of these various regulators. [...] Private sector The previous point was followed by the comment that, if the goal of the AIT is to remove barriers spokespersons can to the free flow of goods, services, labour and capital, the private sector is well positioned to identify serve as a useful where the barriers lie.