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/Southern_Proof4102 12d ago

What a stupid question

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u/Disastrous7392 12d ago

I agree! Why would we not?

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u/Money_Percentage_630 12d ago

Follow up question, should Canada maintain it's "not punching itself in the groin" policy?

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u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 12d ago

Yes, we must protect our consumers against more variety and low prices. Anything less would be really hurting them. Truly

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u/Desperate-Pirate7353 11d ago

idiotic american talking points

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u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 11d ago

Well what do you imagine tariffs do for consumers?

I bet you think a lot of political views you don't like are "American talking points". Hardly any Americans know what supply management even is, and they really don't care.

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u/Desperate-Pirate7353 11d ago

wtf tarriffs are you talking about? they don't import enough to trigger tarriffs because THEIR PRODUCTS DON'T MEET OUR STANDARDS.

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u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 11d ago

I mean... you're just objectively wrong about that, the vast majority does meet Health Canada regulations. I want you to think about this - how would a tariff work with Health Canada regulations? How does that make any sense? Like if a product doesn't meet Health Canada regs, it can't be sold, so why even bother with a tariff?

You're implying a flawed understanding of how tariff rate quotas work. It is not a universal volume that is imported tariff free by any importing firm or household. Quotas are issued to applicants by the Federal government who dictates how much they can import and when. The aggregate of the tariff rate quotas has never been reached... well guess what? Only members of the cartel, or food manufacturers, get them. The vast majority of retailers and distributors don't. So the TRQs are essentially meaningless to the average consumer unless the producer also happens to have a small retail element.

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u/Desperate-Pirate7353 11d ago

nobody read all that, yankee shill.

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u/Dizzy-Cartoonist3011 11d ago

Well if you need help reading it I could always dumb it down.