Virtually every western country heavily subsidizes dairy production, so we really have 3 options:
1) Continue to pay higher prices at the point of purchase to keep production viable.
2) Allow more production (some of which will be unprofitable) and then do what the US does and heavily subsidize farmers with taxpayer dollars, including paying farmers to throw away milk.
3) Essentially give up a good chunk of our dairy industry and allow the US to dump cheap dairy on us.
#3 is untenable long term. I think #2 is a viable option (that's what most countries do) and would probably reduce the production costs a bit, but any solution that gets rid of supply management without big subsidies is unrealistic.
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