Does supply management really mean Canadians pay more for milk?

Image Courtesy of Justin Tang/Canadian Press
Image Courtesy of Justin Tang/Canadian Press

By Lucas Powers, CBC News, June 3, 2016 

A new look at global retail milk prices says Canucks pay a fair price for milk

“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 rallied against supply management.

 

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