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"It is a cartel. It is the opposite of free markets."
That's how Conservative Party leadership candidate Maxime Bernier this week described the highly contentious practice of supply management for Canada's dairy, poultry and egg production. He encouraged his party comrades to follow suit.
It's certainly not the first time a politician has railed against supply management.
There are few issues that conjure more discord than supply management, especially in rural Canada, where farmers produce our milk, chickens, turkeys and eggs without the boost of direct government subsidy. Instead, they work on a quota system based on demand in return for predictable, stable prices.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/milk...ment-1.3612834
50% of my problem with the supply management system is with how corrupt and unfair the dairy board is and how ridiculously expensive it is for someone to purchase additional quota. Setting prices is one thing, charging $50,000 per liter of milk that will be produced is completely insane.