Opening Canada’s North: A Study of Trade Costs in the Territories ...
Challenged by remote locations, small populations, rugged terrain and (at times) difficult climate conditions, Canada's territories rely heavily on imported goods to maintain their standards of living. At the same time, industries in the territories are highly reliant on access to export market...
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ftdatacite:10.11575/sppp.v11i0.43290.g40493 2023-08-27T04:11:14+02:00 Opening Canada’s North: A Study of Trade Costs in the Territories ... Fellows, G. Kent Tombe, Trevor 2018 application/pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v11i0.43290.g40493 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/sppp/article/view/43290/40493 en eng The School of Public Policy Publications https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v11i0.43290 Text article-journal Article ScholarlyArticle 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v11i0.43290.g4049310.11575/sppp.v11i0.43290 2023-08-07T14:24:23Z Challenged by remote locations, small populations, rugged terrain and (at times) difficult climate conditions, Canada's territories rely heavily on imported goods to maintain their standards of living. At the same time, industries in the territories are highly reliant on access to export markets – especially the large and growing resource sectors of the region. But these trade flows face significant costs that improved infrastructure may help mitigate. A northern transportation corridor could help, and has recently gained prominence following recent reports and hearings by the Senate of Canada. The potential gains are large. This paper estimates trade costs in Canada's North. We find policy-relevant trade costs (those trade costs that policy changes may help lower) are substantial. The regulatory differences, time delays and lower infrastructure quality that inhibit trade add between 20 to 30 per cent to the cost of a delivered good for Yukon and Northwest Territories and over 60 per cent for Nunavut. ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 11 (2018) ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Nunavut Yukon Northwest Territories Canada |
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Challenged by remote locations, small populations, rugged terrain and (at times) difficult climate conditions, Canada's territories rely heavily on imported goods to maintain their standards of living. At the same time, industries in the territories are highly reliant on access to export markets – especially the large and growing resource sectors of the region. But these trade flows face significant costs that improved infrastructure may help mitigate. A northern transportation corridor could help, and has recently gained prominence following recent reports and hearings by the Senate of Canada. The potential gains are large. This paper estimates trade costs in Canada's North. We find policy-relevant trade costs (those trade costs that policy changes may help lower) are substantial. The regulatory differences, time delays and lower infrastructure quality that inhibit trade add between 20 to 30 per cent to the cost of a delivered good for Yukon and Northwest Territories and over 60 per cent for Nunavut. ... : The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 11 (2018) ... |
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