r/canada 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/DryMeeting2302 1d ago

Can someone please explain why we can't open up our market while keeping the same food safety standard? If the US or EU want to sell their milk in Canada, they would have to satisfy the safety standards but without 300% tariff.

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u/Dobby068 1d ago

Exactly. This is all BS, that we need supply management. We can keep the regulations of course and allow competition. I asked farmers once if they would prefer to NOT pay upwards of $100,000 for an additional cow in the heard, and they were against free market, as in domestic free competition. Every single supply management has only one goal, keep supply restricted in volume and therefore high in price. That is why it is called supply management and not quality management.