Supply management helps “Canadian agriculture.”
Wrong again. It actually hurts the majority of Canadian farmers, including beef, pork, grain, oilseed and pulse producers, who would benefit from more global trade – many of whom right now are…
Every food at the grocery store is GMO unless it has a non-GMO label.
There are only 10 GMO crops on the market in the U.S. The non-GMO label is a voluntary label that companies pay for. If a product does not have the non-GMO label,…
The U.S. maintains a large surplus in dairy trade with Canada.
Actually, this isn’t a myth, but it is extremely misleading. It is a useful soundbite for supporters and politicians. Between 2010 and 2016, U.S. exports into Canada of ultra-filtered milk did indeed…
Supply management isn’t a government subsidy.
It most certainly is. Government regulation is what protects the cartel, ensuring a subsidy that is paid for by all Canadians, as consumers instead of taxpayers, via artificially high dairy prices. All…
We can’t compete with the heavily subsidized U.S. dairy producers.
It is true that the U.S. used to subsidize dairy heavily – but no more. In fact, the U.S. has in recent years dramatically reduced its own subsidization of dairy. According to…
Supply management systems provide high quality, locally produced food at stable, reasonable prices for consumers.
This is not due to supply management. The same is true for our locally produced beef, corn, pork, grain, pulses, none of which get this rich protection. And to call dairy prices…
Canadian prices aren’t that high.
Nonsense, of course they are – that’s why we have tariffs ranging up to 300%; cheese smuggling rings busted; and Canadians all along the border driving over to the U.S. on the…
We don’t know enough about GMOs.
GMOs have been studied for over 30 years. In the last 25 years, GMO crops are one primary agricultural tool, helping consumers, farmers and rural communities survive droughts, global warming, famine and…
GMO crops are bad for the environment.
Just the opposite — GMO crops can help the environment. Crops improved through the means of biotechnology save land in two ways. One way is “land sparing” which refers to farmers producing…
Big companies force farmers to do things they don’t want to do.
Farmers are free to make their own decisions. GM crops are grown around the world by approximately 17+ million farmers, most of them in developing countries. In total, more than 70 countries…
