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    Chris Selley: Jemand muss gegen Big Dairy kämpfen. Es sollte nicht der Senat sein müssen


    Chris Selley: Jemand muss gegen Big Dairy kämpfen. Es sollte nicht der Senat sein müssen

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-someone-has-to-fight-big-dairy-it-shouldnt-have-to-be-the-senate

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    1. rantingathome on

      I can pretty much guarantee that if we killed Supply Management tomorrow, dairy products would return to current prices within a year, farmers would need subsidies directly paid by the government.

      Saputo and Parmalat, the big multinational processors know how much Canadians will pay, and after an initial drop they would raise the prices to what the “market would support”. At the same time, they would constantly reduce the amount of money they pay for industrial fluid milk at the farm gate.

      They always ignore the fact that the majority of the farm income for American dairy farmers comes in the form of a direct subsidy cheque from the Unites States federal Government. American consumers pay for milk products twice, once at the store, and again with their taxes.

      Supply management gives the dairy farmer the ability to actually negotiate a fair price for their product, that they own, at the farm gate. They don’t get to just name a price, the Canadian Dairy commission which also has reps from the government and the processors decides the price.

      Remember when people were complaining in the States about $8/dozen eggs during the height of the inflation crisis? I was buying eggs here in Winnipeg for $4.69 because of supply management.

    2. Jerry-895 on

      American milk is much lower quantity than Canadian milk. To buy the equivalent of Canadian milk in the states costs much more than what we pay here. “Big dairy” is what we will have if they get rid of our current farmers.

    3. FlyingPritchard on

      Prepare to be brigaded by a small army of paid Dairy Cartel activists.

      The Cartel is impressive, they’ve convinced most Canadians that paying more to send money to rich corporations is not only good, but patriotic.

    4. fuggery on

      Supply management is SUPER regressive (ie poor people pay the most). Nearly 10% of all milk produced finds itself in a drain, not a food bank or homeless shelter. This sacred cow (pun intended) needs a-slaughterin’.

      Inb4 “won’t somebody please think of the farmers” – I’m happy to subsidize farmers via SUBSIDIES. Make rich people and corporations support the program and pay them from the general treasury, not supply management and higher prices at the till.

      FFS this is super embarrassing in good times, let alone during a national hunger crisis. Free The Milk!

    5. BornAgainCyclist on

      >except of course that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre voted for it, and has vowed to protect Big Dairy just like every other party leader. It goes without saying that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau not only supported it, but has come out against the Senate’s amendments.

      National Post is so tiresome, two out of your last three Conservatove leaders have supported this, including Scheer using interesting movements at the leadership convention, and they focus on taking a shot at Trudeau.

      Almost as pathetic as the woke diatribe from Pierre about the ICC, just for once criticize the lap you dogs sit on.

    6. GhostlyParsley on

      Look, whatever your views on dairy, Trump just fired the first shot in what might be a long and costly trade war. Now is not the time to be messing with our domestic food supply. God damn I wish we still owned our Wheat Board.

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