Yesterday, the Manitoba government introduced legislation to bring down interprovincial trade barriers and help grow the province’s economy.

Bill 47, the fair trade in Canada act, would remove trade barriers for goods and services between Manitoba and other jurisdictions in Canada. The proposed legislation is based on mutual recognition similar to other provinces.

Under mutual recognition rules, the goods and services of a reciprocating jurisdiction that meet its standards and approvals would be recognized as meeting the comparable standards and approvals in Manitoba.

The mutual recognition rules would not apply to goods and services that are provided by Crown corporations. With this legislation, the Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act would be amended to proclaim June 1 of each year as Buy Manitoba, Buy Canadian Day.