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.
4-minute read
Aid caught in the crossfire, but trade works
Foreign aid vs. Free trade.
3-minute read
Les effets pervers
Soaring food prices and the environment.
3-minute read
Le sirop d’érable en otage
The “supply management” model in agriculture.
3-minute read
Assurance stabilisation des revenus agricoles: un programme coûteux
One of the pillars of the present agricultural policy is the farm income stabilization insurance program.