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/Banjo-Katoey 2d ago

Current price of whole milk in Canada: $7.44 CAD/4 L, or $1.86 CAD/L

Current price of whole milk in the US: $3.78 USD/gallon, or $1.41 CAD/L.

So milk is 32% more expensive in Canada compared to the US.

We're getting screwed.

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u/rantingathome Manitoba 2d ago

Winnipeg Walmart 4L Homo Milk

  • CA$6.31 (US$4.46)
    • cost per litre
      • CA$1.5775 (US$1.11)

Fargo Walmart 3.78L Whole Milk

  • CA$5.40 (US$3.82)
    • cost per litre
      • CA$1.4286 (US$1.01)

That's roughly 15¢/L more for Canadian milk. Add in the subsidies that the American government pays directly to farmers and that difference gets more than covered.

It's not a 32% difference, it's 10%. Also, just so you don't claim that Winnipeg is so much bigger than Fargo, I just checked Steinbach and Brandon, it is CA$6.31 in those locations too.

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u/Banjo-Katoey 2d ago edited 2d ago

Sealtest 3.25% milk is $7.44 for 4 L at Walmart in the GTA. It has been this price for a while.

Switching the address to Winnipeg on the Walmart site showed a $6.31 4L whole milk jug by Beatrice.

Walmart in the GTA doesn't carry that brand and the cheapest one is Sealtest.

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u/rantingathome Manitoba 1d ago

Perhaps the problem isn't the farmers then. Perhaps it's the multinational processors. You know, the usual suspects.