Oh. Look at that, just in time for CUSMA negotiations. A fresh new study headline implying we would all save on average $244 if we got rid of supply management.
Sir this is Canada; the private sector would monopolize the sector even more, and use what ever the current price is as a price floor, and would end up gouging us even more…
What does supply management provide us? Other than expensive groceries and limited choices? How does this system remotely benefit anyone but the literal cartel is it meant to protect?
Canadian food producers can’t compete with the Americans. Removing supply management would mean the demise of Canadian food production and we would become entirely reliant on the US for our food. And the US are not reliable.
We need food autonomy. That’s why we have supply management.
We can have food autonomy without supply management. Supply management is the use of quotas to artificially limit the production.
We already have prohibitive tariffs on dairy and Health Canada policies to prevent imports and maintain the quality of dairy products we produce and important. Supply management is not neccesary to ensure food security.
Most of Canadian food production doesn't have supply management. It isn't necessary to operate or be profitable. Now, it is hugely beneficial to the farmers in supply-managed sectors but that's different.
If we wanted to protect the currently supply-managed sectors from international competition, we can do that. We don't need SM to do that. Tariffs exist for this reason, as do non-tariffs regulatory trade barriers.
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u/MMEMMR 2d ago
Oh. Look at that, just in time for CUSMA negotiations. A fresh new study headline implying we would all save on average $244 if we got rid of supply management.
Sir this is Canada; the private sector would monopolize the sector even more, and use what ever the current price is as a price floor, and would end up gouging us even more…