2009-03-17
14:06:59
A new provincial political party is supporting an agreement between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to to eliminate a trade barrier. Premiers Shawn Graham and Rodney MacDonald recently reached an agreement to eliminate the dual weighing of trucks when passing over the provincial border. The Atlantica Party supports the idea of a regional free trade zone encompassing all four Atlantic provinces.
The party, founded by a group of concerned citizens, is based in the Atlantic region with its leader Jonathan Dean in Nova Scotia.