Make each protected industry face a public test of price, quality and output. End its shields from rivals.
A firm can win market share because it does good work. It can also win because the law keeps rivals out. We want to know which. Count the cost to families and to firms that buy its goods, as well as the jobs it holds.
Make each protected industry face a public test of price, quality and output. End its shields from rivals.
Buyers gain choice. Firms win through better work. Workers get clear, priced help through change.
We have not yet priced this ask for the public purse. Any public aid must be priced before we seek funds for it.
An IMF study links higher tariffs to less output over time. It also finds less output per unit of work. The study covers 151 countries.
Limits: It spans many places and years. It does not price Canada’s current trade walls. The authors test several methods. One study cannot settle every case.
A StatsCan review reports an estimated 13.8% gain in factory output per unit of labour from Canada–US free trade over 1988 to 1996.
Limits: This is a study estimate for that past period. It includes both sides of the trade deal. It is not a 13.8% gain in Canada’s GDP, a gain each year or a forecast for today. Some plants shrank or closed.
Research note
Past research gives a strong reason to cut trade walls. It does not give us a ready-made price tag for every wall today.
Read the note ↗Compare output per hour, prices, quality and public aid in each industry. Start with cars, steel, food and home parts. Check worker losses and gains. Build a Canada-wide estimate only from data that fits.
— Case opened with our argument, our ask and the facts still to check.
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