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OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is promising to scrap over half of the province’s regulatory barriers to interprovincial trade, part of what he calls a wider effort among premiers to eliminate roadblocks that have snarled the movement of goods in Canada for years.

Kenney said on Wednesday he would immediately remove 13 of 27 so-called “exceptions” under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement, and launch a review of the remaining 14, as a way to cut down on trade barriers between provinces. Exceptions are essentially regulatory carveouts that allow provinces to protect certain goods and services, particularly procurement contracts for infrastructure projects or government grants, among other things.

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His promise to cut the regulations comes amid a gathering of all 13 provincial and territorial premiers this week in Saskatoon, where some of the discussion has been focused on improving interprovincial trade.