Trade and Commerce by Malcolm Lavoie HARDBACK 9780228016465

Trade and CommerceCanadas Economic Constitution\nAuthor(s): Malcolm Lavoie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228016465, 978-0228016465\nSynopsis\nIn recent decades, the economic framework of Canadas Constitution has been a subject largely neglected by judges, scholars, and commentators. Trade and Commerce fills this gap by bringing to light a lost understanding of how the Constitution structures economic relations.\n\nAs Malcolm Lavoie reveals, the Constitution includes foundational commitments to property rights, local government autonomy, and the principle of subsidiarity. At the same time, it creates a platform for integrated national markets with secure channels for interprovincial trade. This economic vision remains a vital part of Canadas constitutional order and is relevant to a purposive interpretation of the Constitution. But contemporary legal discourse has begun to lose touch with t.