The inflation rate for supply managed products such as butter and milk outpaced the general rate.
dairy supply management
June 17, 2021
9:01AM
Supply management makes agricultural products scarcer in order to inflate prices.
December 20, 2018
2:24PM
If Canadians were free to import from the U.S. without paying tariffs, a frozen turkey would cost 15 per cent less.
September 4, 2018
3:50PM
When the Australian market was deregulated in 2000, the average price farmers received for raw milk almost doubled.
July 17, 2018
9:57AM
Due to Canada’s policy of supply management, Canadians pay much higher prices for milk, cheese, eggs and poultry.
January 22, 2018
3:46PM
Policies that raise prices of milk, butter, cheese, eggs and chicken affect lower-income families.
April 25, 2017
8:43AM
In reality, Canadian consumers have long put their financial welfare before their loyalty to Canadian-bred cows.
April 18, 2016
3:00AM
If producers are free to manage supplies, then we get healthy competition and lower prices.
October 19, 2013
2:00AM
In the recent Speech from the Throne, the federal government announced a variety of initiatives but the one that drew much attention was its ostensible consumer-friendly tack.
On some consumer issues, the Conservative government has the right instincts, promoting competition within the cellphone sector for example, even if its approach to the upcoming wireless spectrum auction is flawed.
In other places, the Harper governments predisposition is counter-productive.
For instance, ponder the federal governments desire to micromanage how airlines double-book seats.