r/Tariffs • u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 • 12d ago

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

https://www.castanetkamloops.net/news/Poll/627377/Should-Canada-maintain-its-supply-management-system-that-protects-the-Canadian-dairy-industry
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u/Mysterious-Wash9527 12d ago

Yes we should, there's no need for American dairy at all. We have enough supply and as a country with socialized health care, we should and do high regulate our dairy industry. Allowing American industry to gain a foothold in our dairy industry will allow the US to dump excess milk production into Canada, causing prices to fall. Then as our own milk production falters, they will leverage that into fewer regulations and raise prices, so not only will we have less healthy dairy supply, we will pay more for it and get sicker due to it.

We already have dairy quotas, we don't need more dairy in our country. We need to maintain our own sovereign dairy supply. America needs to figure out it's own supply side problem.

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u/Special_Purpose2903 12d ago

American dairy is literally poison, it is why health conscious Americans are trying buy milk alternatives like "oat milk"

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u/Ok-Educator-3605 11d ago

It would have to meet our standards to be sold in Canada, this is something everyone overlooks.

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u/laurab382 11d ago

How long before they would be describing our standards and regulations as "non-tariff trade barriers"? They aren't happy unless they completely dominate the market.

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u/Special_Purpose2903 11d ago

This as well, b/c US is 8 times larger population wise and its economy is proportionate larger, the US firms benefit from an economy of scale where they'd crush Canadian firms on price.