Canada's supply management system is currently compounding our suffering from inflation. And the artificially high costs it inflicts on Canadian consumers will continue long after our inflation nightmare is over. Opinion by David Olive
Today’s historically high inflation presents us with a rare opportunity to achieve a permanent reduction in Canadians’ cost of living.Yes, we are talking about the accursed supply management system in agriculture, and notably in the $23-billion dairy industry.The beneficial impact of that significant reform stands in contrast to recent temporary and largely ineffectual inflation fixes like gas-tax holidays.
are piling up. Poilievre’s scheme would amount to betting the entire economy on Uncle Pete’s Moustache in the eighth, the only horse in the race with training wheels That system is currently compounding our suffering from inflation. And the artificially high costs it inflicts on Canadian consumers will continue long after our inflation nightmare is over.
But on dairy, Ottawa is intransigent in shielding farmers from competition with our international trading partners.
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