In The NewsIan Blue Signs Statement of Support for McDonald-Laurier Institute's "Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole" ProposalPublished: 06/21/2010 On June 21, 2010, The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a new non-partisan Ottawa think tank, issued a new study, “Citizen of One, Citizen of the Whole,” which calls on the federal government to use its constitutional authority to strike down internal barriers to free trade and mobility within Canada. The key proposals of the study call for the legislation of an Economic Charter of Rights for Canadians and the creation of an Economic Freedom Commission. The Commission would have the power to investigate breaches of the Economic Charter on its own initiative or in response to citizens’ complaints. The study's authors provide a dynamic assertion of economic freedom for Canadians and a vindication of the vision of the Fathers of Confederation that Canada should be one economic space. Ian Blue is among a group of prominent Canadians who have signed a Statement of Support for the recommendation that the federal government enact an Economic Charter and establish an Economic Freedom Commission. Observations made by Ian Blue and Lawrence Herman on Canadian trade policy were included in the policy paper's analysis. |