Canada's current system controls dairy production through quotas and restricts imports via tariffs.
dairy supply management
November 12, 2024
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June 26, 2024
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Low-income Canadians spend an estimated one-fifth of their income on food.
February 5, 2024
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The supply management system costs the average Canadian household an estimated $300 to $444 annually.
June 22, 2022
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The inflation rate for supply managed products such as butter and milk outpaced the general rate.
June 17, 2021
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Supply management makes agricultural products scarcer in order to inflate prices.
December 20, 2018
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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
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When the Australian market was deregulated in 2000, the average price farmers received for raw milk almost doubled.
July 17, 2018
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Due to Canada’s policy of supply management, Canadians pay much higher prices for milk, cheese, eggs and poultry.
January 22, 2018
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Policies that raise prices of milk, butter, cheese, eggs and chicken affect lower-income families.