Our Response to the Signing of the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce welcomes the collaboration across levels of government in signing the Canadian Mutual Recognition Agreement.

Businesses have been calling for leadership from federal and provincial governments to make progress on removing barriers to internal trade, and, in today’s fragile economic environment, momentum isn’t optional, it’s essential.

This agreement is a positive step toward free movement of goods across the country, reducing fragmentation and lowering costs for Canadian businesses. We’re encouraged that governments have acted in unison, signaling not just bold ambitions but real follow-through, building on the positive progress we have seen over the past year. We look forward to implementation and expansion to cover all goods. With growing uncertainty, supply chain challenges and weak consumer demand, a unified domestic market gives business a better foundation to compete and grow.

• Candace Laing, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

About the Canadian Chamber of Commerce — The Future of Business Success 

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is Canada’s largest and most activated business network — representing over 400 chambers of commerce and boards of trade and more than 200,000 business of all sizes, from all sectors of the economy and from every part of the country — working to create the conditions for our collective success. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is the undisputed champion and catalyst for the future of business success. From working with government on economy-friendly policy to providing services that inform commerce and enable trade, we give each of our members more of what they need to succeed: insight into markets, competitors and trends, influence over the decisions and policies that drive business success, and impact on business and economic performance.   

Media Contact

Shane Mackenzie
Vice President, Media and Stakeholder Communications
613.302.7683
smackenzie@chamber.ca