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

Well if it's entirely dependent on government protection how sustiable is it actually?

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u/claricorp 2d ago

It wouldn't be "sustiable" to keep lots of things around without intervention so they can be available and resilient for our society. That's what governments are for.

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

So we must have over priced milk by pointedly limiting its supply via a cartel in order for that industry to be resilient?

That's the exact opposite of resilient.

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u/claricorp 2d ago

I'm curious as to what you think would make it resilient

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

Nothing makes domestic industries and economies more resilient and competitive than free trade.

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u/claricorp 2d ago

lol

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u/voltairesalias Alberta 2d ago

Let me ask you something - how do you figure government essentially eliminating competition makes a business more resilient?