Reading Time: 4 minutes A clear vision and strategy for dairy’s future is imperative, with a forward-looking focus on domestic and foreign markets
Tag: Supply Management
How USMCA democratized supply management
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new North American trade agreement has forced Canadians to look honestly at our dairy industry
Canada’s trade hurdle is all about supply management
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government has not explicitly stated that supply management is non-negotiable
How we can avoid a devastating trade war with the U.S.
Reading Time: 5 minutes We need a smart, realistic strategy for negotiations, starting with giving up our dairy supply management system
Canada can eliminate supply management by following Australia’s lead
Reading Time: 3 minutes The opening of the dairy market was done systematically over eight years to allow time for farmers to transition
Canada’s push for unfettered trade should begin at home
Reading Time: 3 minutes Supply management is protectionism by another name. And domestic protectionism shouldn’t be ignored as we seek freer trade
Dairy industry finally showing signs of common sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Supply management 2.0 is finally here. To survive, farmers who see the writing on the wall will need to develop new skill sets
Comeau ruling defies economic – and common – sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Supreme Court ruling that there’s no ‘constitutional guarantee of free trade’ will stifle both competition and lower prices for consumers
Are we really jeopardizing NAFTA over a regressive farm policy?
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal government should deregulate supply-managed commodities, and tariffs should be abolished on imports of dairy and poultry products
TPP2 death knell for supply management, and that’s a good thing
Reading Time: 3 minutes The new Trans-Pacific deal will boost agri-food industries. But it’s a nail in the coffin for Canada’s protectionist supply-management sectors