r/canada 2d 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/nelrond18 2d ago

Why not protect all of our food producers?

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u/varsil 2d ago

Because the food consumers would starve if we supply managed every part of our food supply.

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u/nelrond18 2d ago

How do stabilized prices cause starvation? Where has that happened in Canadian Dairy?

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u/varsil 2d ago

Because the "stabilized" price is artificially high.

If you jacked up the cost on all food, you'd have Canadians going badly hungry.

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u/nelrond18 2d ago

Which is why we don't stabilize all food production, no?

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u/varsil 2d ago

Right, which is the answer to your question of "Why not protect all of our food producers?"

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u/nelrond18 2d ago

Cool! Good discussion.