Reading Time: 3 minutes The nationwide shortage of butter proves that our system of quotas and tariffs on imports is obsolete
Tag: Supply Management
New TPP trade deal offers huge long-term gain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Freer trade under the TPP will lower tariffs barriers, open up new markets, and provide new customers to Canadian producers
Canada’s dairy industry has nothing to w(h)ine about
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dairy farmers can compete, they just need to embrace the opportunity
Supply management fixation may finally be coming to an end
Reading Time: 3 minutes Not to be part of the deal would have been tragic for Canada’s agricultural economy
McCracking the animal welfare puzzle
Reading Time: 3 minutes McDonalds Canada has committed to exclusively use cage-free eggs within 10 years
Dairy farmers can no longer milk the system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Consumption per capita continues to decline
Farmers should stop milking supply management
Reading Time: 3 minutes Claims that supply management is essential to safeguarding the family farm is unsupported by the facts
Canada last holdout to dairy quota reform
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada cannot afford to replicate the EU strategy that ended its dairy quota regime
Quebec maple syrup cartel finds itself in a sticky situation
Reading Time: 3 minutes Its attempt to maintain high prices is leading to more international competition
Dark days ahead for supply management
Reading Time: 3 minutes Drop in milk price presages threat from CETA to supply management.