TILMA’s Supposed Economic Benefits for Saskatchewan

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TILMA’s Supposed Economic Benefits for Saskatchewan

By Erin Weir July 2007

About the Author

Erin Weir is an economist with the Canadian Labour Congress who has worked for the Government of Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat, Department of Finance and Privy Council Office. He holds a BA from the University of Regina, an MA from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University.

This paper is adapted from Erin’s submission to the Standing Committee on the Economy of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly. Previously, he co-authored The Myth of Inter-provincial Trade Barriers and TILMA’s Alleged Economic Benefits (February, 2007) with Marc Lee. Some of his other publications are available through http://www.erinweir.ca.

Full Text of the Report in PDF format is at

http://policyalternatives.ca/documents/Saskatchewan_Pubs/2007/TILMAs_Supposed_Benefits.pdf