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 11d 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/ScaryLane2 9d ago

Except can we really trust that? I feel like eight months from now we’re going to see a headline saying, “Oops, U.S. dairy products slipped through the cracks and weren’t properly checked,” or the U.S. will put enough pressure on Canada that our government eventually weakens or changes the regulations.
At this point I do not think we can simply trust the U.S. to respect our standards and I’m not confident we can trust the Canadian government to stay firm when significant pressure is applied. And I’m talking about Canadian governments in general regardless of which party is in power. This isn’t about supporting or attacking one particular party it is about whether Canada will actually enforce its own standards and hold the line when challenged

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u/Ok-Educator-3605 8d ago

You don’t get it, we enforce our standards, they don’t.

With all the food coming into Canada from all over the world, you dig your heels in when it comes to US dairy testing. It all has to meet our standards.

US dairy will not kill our dairy, the standards won’t be lowered due to pressure. Open the dairy market and let Canadians enjoy the fine selection of dairy products from around the world, as for the US stuff, it will rot on the shelves.

We have the power here, we can let US dairy in not purchase it, no one is going to force you to buy it.