The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has been tracking businesses throughout 2025, advocating for them in what’s been a tumultuous year.

One positive outcome of the tariff and trade war with the United States is the move to drop inter-provincial trade barriers.

Ryan Mallough, Vice President of Legislative Affairs for the CFIB comments.

“I think actually at this point, all ten provinces has some kind of legislation that has either been passed or is in the process of being passed but that is the easy part. The tough part will be making sure that the impact is actually felt on the ground, that we are living up to the rederick that we are hearing then we’ll be very on top of that in 2026 to make sure that governments are, in fact, following through and that trade is free within the country.”

The CFIB also wants to see the items in the mutual agreements between provinces expanded to include food and beverage as well as goods.

Mallough acknowledged that each province is approaching their legislation with slightly different wording which could unintentionally end up putting barriers back in place.

Catch the full update with Mallough this afternoon on Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10.