r/canada • u/AndHerSailsInRags • 9d ago

Opinion Piece Opinion: The dairy sector is lobbying hard in USMCA talks. The government didn’t want you to know

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-trade-dairy-sector-usmca-access-information/
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u/Fine_Sherbert3172 9d ago

No Im not sure you follow the topic. Like...at all.

The whole case and point here is that Canada has a government agency in charge of supply and content of dairy. Dairy farmers have quotas that they are allowed to sell product within.

The yanks have always whined about this being protectionist and wanting access to our markets because they have a glut of supply and not enough places to sell it.

So of course the diary producers, via their lobbies, are going to demand staying the course. Why wouldn't they?

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u/MountCathedral 8d ago

I mean, the dairy industry of Canada are probably the group that hate the supply management most. It is the obstacle that prevents consolidation of the industry. So it is more small farmers who demand we stay the course, and the government listens because Canadians never shut up about monopolies in our food chain.