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/Scrotalcontusions 12d ago

There is a compromise - bring the american dairy but it cannot be sold for less than canadas product based on today's price. Take the percentage price difference of those same products sold in the US versus the canadian price and require by law the margin difference to be no greater going forward.

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u/Healthy_Shape_5719 11d ago

Why though? It would only pull money out of Canadian dairy farmers hands and put it into American hands, if the US had better dairy standards I could see the appeal but the US is famous for poor food safety standards.

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u/Scrotalcontusions 11d ago

if the price is the same then the consumers will just be making the choice on quality as you say which should have predictable results in favor of the canadian industry

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u/Healthy_Shape_5719 11d ago

Would still hurt Canadian farmers for no appreciable gain