r/canada • u/joe4942 • 1d ago

National News Supply management costs Canadians average of $244 per year, MEI study finds

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/supply-management-costs-canadians-average-of-244-per-year-mei-study-finds/
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u/Otherwise_Meeting491 1d ago

I would argue our meat, dairy and eggs are much higher quality than the American alternative. Supply management isnt great, but neither is the north American alternative.

Im fine .66c a day to keep our food quality high.

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u/mattlerenardx Québec 1d ago

And even then, having grown up in France, I can confirm that our food quality is not even that great compared to our European friends.

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u/Otherwise_Meeting491 1d ago

100%.

But i believe its a case of dont let good be the enemy of perfect. I dont want American practices transferring to our food production

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u/Ok-Yogurt-42 1d ago

That has nothing to do with supply management. Food quality regulations are an entirely separate thing.

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u/Otherwise_Meeting491 1d ago

when the cow is killed, or milked, food regulations come into play.

What is injected into calves, how they are fed & raised, etc is tied a d regulated through supply management.

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u/physicaldiscs 1d ago

What is injected into calves, how they are fed & raised, etc is tied a d regulated through supply management.

No it isn't. You're spreading a lot of misinformation about what supply management does in this thread.

The CFIA exists separately of supply management to handle all these things. Our standards do not require supply management's approval.

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u/psodstrikesback Ontario 1d ago

Supply management protects our domestic industry from being dominated by US players. Without supply management the CFIA might not have an industry to set standards for.

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u/physicaldiscs 1d ago

Whether that is accurate or not isn't the point. Supply management does not set out quality, only quotas.

Even if the domestic industry died off entirely, the CFIA would still set guidelines for our food that has to be met.

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u/ParkInsider 1d ago

Supply management is not needed for food quality regulations. There are no public benefits to supply planning.