Book on interprovincial trade takes home $60,000 Donner Prize

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Lawyer Ryan Manucha has won this year’s Donner Prize for his book on interprovincial trade.

“Booze, Cigarettes and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade” was named Canada’s best public policy book.

The award, typically worth $30,000, was doubled to $60,000 this year for the prize’s 25th anniversary.


Ryan Manucha, poses in this undated handout photo. Lawyer Ryan Manucha has won this year’s Donner Prize for his book “Booze, Cigarettes and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

Jurors praised Manucha’s book for “making internal free trade lively.”

The shortlisted authors, who each receive $7,500, include Joseph Heath for “Cooperation and Social Justice” and John Lorinc for “Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias.”

Also on the short list were “The Next Age of Uncertainty: How the World Can Adapt to a Riskier Future” by Stephen Poloz and “Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change” by Kent Roach.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 18, 2023.