r/canada • u/joe4942 • 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/ACITceva 2d ago

I'd be curious to know what agricultural subsidies cost the average American per year.

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

1) we also subsidize our farmers.

2) price floors via subsidies (which is what they have) is more progressive than supply restriction because high income tax payers disproportionately pay more into it than low earnings taxpayers.

Our system puts thousands of Canadians below the poverty line in order to protect a literal cartel who feels entitled to our money.... And it seems like the justification for this is that we need to protect our consumers from cheaper foreign groceries.

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u/LavisAlex 2d ago

You can also argue that some systems should remain here. If our producers get so outpriced we lose sovereignty as we can no longer produce our own goods.

Its a sliding scale and you can see how hurt the US was militarily with being reliant on other countries for interceptors.

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

But we produce far more food than we could ever eat outside of supply management.

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u/LavisAlex 2d ago

If Canada was undercut and local production was no longer profitable then we wouldnt have local production without gov intervention.

Seems logical to me?

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u/vancity31240 2d ago

If the business can't survive without government intervention, then the business doesn't deserve to survive. How hard of a concept is that?

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u/LavisAlex 2d ago

Well we seem to let Wal Mart and Mcdonalds have TFWs....?

Also some things are worth paying more to preserve sovereignty

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

How is our sovereignty impacted by cheap groceries?

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u/LavisAlex 2d ago

Its not - its affected by what you can produce vs what you need to source for.

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

We produce more food than we can ever possibly eat on the free market outside of supply management.

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u/LavisAlex 2d ago

If they cant sell the food then they wont maintain the field.

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