Breakenridge: Supply Management Ignored for Sexier Political Battles

Breakenridge: Supply management ignored for sexier political battles

Alberta should not only oppose attempts to shield supply management from future trade agreements, but we should also push for an end to it.

Law or no law, will Carney preserve supply management in one-on-one trade negotiations with Trump?

Farmers Forum staff OTTAWA — Canadian parliamentarians have resurrected a proposed law to prevent further erosion of supply management during international trade negotiations. However, it’s not binding on Prime Minister Mark Carney as he personally negotiates a one-on-one trade deal with Donald Trump who has loudly complained about the longstanding tariffs protecting Canada’s supply-managed sectors, […]

How Over 200% Tariffs Prove That Supply Management Must End

Canada’s supply management regime—originally conceived to stabilize volatile agricultural markets—has calcified into an anti-competitive fortress. In a piece by Dr. Stuart Smyth, a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, he described how this system “harms all Canadians thanks to the artificially inflated prices we pay for these […]