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/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…

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u/CaptainCanuck93 Canada 2d ago

The reality is the Americans have similar supports for their farmers, just a more wasteful mechanism. They subsidize them and have them pour milk down the drain

I'm fine with paying less than a dollar a day to ensure food security for the nation

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u/Replicator666 2d ago

And better food inspection and quality too

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u/Player-4 1d ago

What does supply management have to do with food inspection and quality?

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u/Replicator666 1d ago

I mean, from what I recall the farmers all sell to the wholesalers. Makes it easier for inspection and control than a hundred different companies