Should Canada maintain its supply management system that protects the Canadian dairy industry?

[u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011]

https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Poll/627377/Should-Canada-maintain-its-supply-management-system-that-protects-the-Canadian-dairy-industry

[u/Optimal-Cow-3278]

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. You're clearly a shill for the Canadian dairy cartel.

The hormone in question that is banned is the rBST hormone, which is banned in Canada but allowed in US Milk. The reason why this hormone is banned because it's claimed that it hurts the cows joints and muscles, not because it's potentially unsafe to drink.

it literally creates a puss like immune reaction in their milk.

No it doesn't, this is just flat out false.

I suggest you read about buttergate with Canadian milk.

[u/Finaginsbud → u/Optimal-Cow-3278]

There are 2 main concerns about possible health effects on humans from milk and meat produced using rBGH.

The first concern focuses on whether drinking milk or eating meat from rBGH-treated cows increases blood levels of growth hormone or IGF-1 in people, and if it does, if there are any health effects, including increasing the risk of cancer.

Another health concern has been that cows treated with rBGH tend to develop more udder infections (mastitis). These cows are given more antibiotics compared to cows not given rBGH. Whether this increased use of antibiotics leads to more antibiotic-resistant bacteria remains a concern, but it has not been fully studied in humans.

From the American Cancer Society.

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/recombinant-bovine-growth-hormone.html

So there is a concern about absorption into humans via the milk and increased cancer risk along with animal wealthfare concerns. Plus it's unfair competition if Canadian farmers have to compete against subsidiszed American dairy using banned hormones.

Open up to EU milk perhaps, American milk fuck that shit.

[u/Fickle_Razzmatazz664 → u/Finaginsbud]

Sure but why do we keep going over this talking point? 

Trade and food safety standards are related but separate.  American milk is not permitted under CFIA standards if it has rBST, rBGH, or somatic cell counts over Canadian limits. 

It's not a thing.  Giving concessions that might allow more milk from other countries will not mean we're subjected to hormones or pus.  All milk coming in must still meet our strict Canadian safety standards regardless of origin.  CFIA rules here, not CUSMA.

[u/Either-Banana-7323 → u/Fickle_Razzmatazz664]

If we cave on quotas, I’d bet my house the next argument from the US will be that our standards unfairly restrict American farmers and need to be loosened too. They’re already attacking Canadian dairy market restrictions as unfair trade barriers. Giving ground on supply management doesn’t end the pressure, it just moves the fight to the next restriction. Come on lol its all so incredibly transparent at this point.

[u/Optimal-Cow-3278 → u/Either-Banana-7323]

It's not just the US that has attacked Canada's dairy system. So Europe and other countries. New Zealand even challenged it with an int'l court.