
4-minute read
Les pays étrangers à la rescousse des consommateurs canadiens
Canadian protectionist policies denounced.

4-minute read
La gestion de l’offre appauvrit trop de Canadiens
Supply management hurts low-income Canadian households.

3-minute read
Impoverished by Big Dairy
Supply management hurts low-income Canadian households.

6-minute read
Viewpoint – Supply Management Makes the Poor Even Poorer
As a result of a recent decision by the Canadian Dairy Commission, the price of industrial milk is set to increase on September 1st, 2016. Numerous studies have found that supply management, under which Canada’s dairy and poultry sectors operate, imposes a large cost per family through higher consumer prices than could be obtained on open markets. Furthermore, these higher prices place more of a burden on poorer households than on richer ones.

6-minute read
Ça brasse dans les érablières québécoises!
The maple syrup monopoly in Quebec.

6-minute read
Cinq mythes à propos de la gestion de l’offre
Supply management for Canada's dairy, poultry, and egg industries.

3-minute read
Vous pouvez dévorer votre steak l’esprit en paix
Processed meat would be carcinogenic, according to WHO.

3-minute read
Want lower food prices? Do away with soviet-style farming
The costs of supply management in Canada.

6-minute read
Viewpoint – Canada’s Harmful Supply Management Policies
The ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations between 12 Pacific Rim nations, including Canada, are raising concerns among defenders of supply management policies for Canada’s dairy, poultry, and egg industries. The federal government is undoubtedly feeling pressure at the negotiating table to modify the system. But rather than making cosmetic alterations to placate our international trading partners, it could instead seize this opportunity to put a definitive end to Canada's anachronistic supply management policies.

13-minute read
Some Overlooked Voices in the Shale Gas Debate
The possibility of developing shale gas in the St. Lawrence Lowlands caused quite a stir in Quebec between 2008 and 2012. In this public debate, the projects put forward for developing this resource did not pass the test of social acceptability. The voices of environmentalist groups, well-organized and omnipresent in the media, carried further than those of industry promoters. Between these two poles, there are also those who have natural gas wells on their land.