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Section 121 of the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' provides that: This has received a restrictive interpretation in the Canadian courts. ==Background== Prior to Canadian Confederation, duty-free status had already been accorded by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada to one another, each contingent on the other colonies' granting such status. There was also free trade between the colonies of British North America and the United States of America under the 1854 Reciprocity Treaty, but the United States had served notice in December 1864 that it wished to seek changes to the Treaty, including "modify() the rights of transit (goods ) from Canada through the United States." As goods from Canada were previously allowed to pass through the US in bond to ports in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia for transshipment to Britain, this represented a potentially significant non-tariff barrier that was on the minds of participants during the 18651867 intercolonial conferences that took place in Charlottetown, Quebec and London that led to the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. Although the proceedings of the various conferences were not recorded, George Brown said later that union of all Provinces would “break down all trade barriers between us,” and throw open all at once “a combined market of four millions of people.” Alexander Galt said that the purpose of the Union was “free trade among ourselves.” In February 1865, in a debate in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, John A. Macdonald declared that Canada wanted “to establish a commercial union, with unrestricted free trade, between people of the five provinces.” The actual provision did not appear until the final draft of the British North America bill in February 1867, where it was worded thus: It was subsequently revised in March 1867 into its final form: As such, it was duly passed as part of the ''British North America Act, 1867''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Section 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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