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.
5-minute read
Trade deal may end Canada’s obsolete supply management policies
The costs of supply management in Canada.
3-minute read
Quebec’s Over-Regulated Maple Syrup Industry Is Losing Ground
The maple syrup monopoly in Quebec.
4-minute read
La police de la cabane à sucre
The maple syrup monopoly in Quebec.
4-minute read
On Earth Day, Celebrate the Green Benefits of Our Globalized Food Supply Chain
The concept of food miles.
5-minute read
C’est le camembert qui fait et défait les gouvernements
The supply management model in agriculture.
4-minute read
System that keeps dairy prices high needs adjustment
Supply management in dairy farming.
4-minute read
Les souverainistes alimentaires font fausse route
The concept of food sovereignty.
1-minute read
The Negative Consequences of Agricultural Marketing Boards
In order to promote a change of agricultural policy, we briefly review the cases of countries that have abolished or are in the process of abolishing quota systems: the buyback and abandonment of milk quotas in Australia, of tobacco and peanut quotas in the United States, the elimination of milk quotas in Switzerland and the beginnings of a process of abandonment of milk quotas in Europe. Canada could follow these examples by abandoning mandatory membership in marketing boards and by imposing a temporary tax to buy back farming quotas.