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Originally Posted by Azure
Bernier spoke about supply management on the Peterson podcast.
It doesn't get a lot of airplay or even attention from the media, but what are the thoughts on supply management?
I'm firmly in dump the entire system. The posts above that talked about milk being dumped are 100% correct. Dairy producers dump thousands of liters of milk in order to curtail supply and keep demand in check.
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Absolutely. If I was prime Minister for a day this is the first thing I'd change.
As for the inevitable complaints about quality: legislate standards, and let anyone who meets them produce.
As for the inevitable complaints about imports: also not supply management related. We could keep the huge tariffs that keep out imports and let anyone in Canada produce. That would lower Canadian prices and add more jobs in Canada as new producers enter.
But hey, then the parents of poor kids wouldn't be subsidizing "family famers" (aka multi-millionaire quota owners) who give political campaign contributions, so we can't have that.