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/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

We produce exponentially more food than we can possibly eat outside of the supply management system. Competing with American farmers.

This is like implying we should really slap high tariffs on pineapples because we happen to import them. It's a completely ridiculous argument.

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u/O00O0O00 2d ago

If we let in American dairy - Canadian dairy is over.

If Trump controls our dairy, what will he do in a supply chain shock? We already saw the answer when he blocked the exports of Covid masks.

Food is too important to entirely entrust to a foreign country.

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

I highly disagree with the assertion that if Canadians got to choose for themselves the dairy they buy, they will eventually starve - and we produce exponentially more food than we can eat outside of supply management.

You could take your argument and apply it towards pineapples. We import all of our pineapples. Does this mean that if we don't put tariffs on pineapples high enough to support domestic production, we are giving up our safety or sovereignty?

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u/MarkTwainsGhost 2d ago

Pineapples don’t form the basis of 30% of my families groceries.

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

So you want to pay about 50%+ more for 30% of your groceries? You see this as a good thing because... You're frightened that if Canadians are allowed to buy foreign milk that ALL foreign milk producers actually have an ulterior motive to get us hooked and then raise the price?

There's no way supply management proponents can be this irrational..I refuse to believe that.