Reading Time: 3 minutes The economic damage of supply management to Canadian families is significant. But we failed to get rid of it in recent trade talks
Author: Matthew Lau
Matthew Lau is a writer in Toronto. His interests are in economic principles and fiscal issues, and he has written for the Financial Post, the Fraser Institute, and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. Matthew holds a Bachelor of Commerce, with a specialization in finance and economics, from the University of Toronto.
Canada needs freer dairy trade
Reading Time: 3 minutes The economic damage of supply management to Canadian families is significant. But we failed to get rid of it in recent trade talks
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