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Supply management works well for Canadians

  • The system guarantees an adequate supply of dairy, eggs, turkey, and chicken—held to national health and safety standards—to Canadians at a reasonable price.
Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD, JODEY NURSE | September 1, 2025
As agriculture minister, Heath MacDonald is in charge of policy connected to supply management. MacDonald was appointed to the role on May 13, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Supply management works well for Canadians

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD, JODEY NURSE | September 1, 2025
  • The system guarantees an adequate supply of dairy, eggs, turkey, and chicken—held to national health and safety standards—to Canadians at a reasonable price.

Supply management works well for Canadians

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD, JODEY NURSE | September 1, 2025
  • The system guarantees an adequate supply of dairy, eggs, turkey, and chicken—held to national health and safety standards—to Canadians at a reasonable price.
As agriculture minister, Heath MacDonald is in charge of policy connected to supply management. MacDonald was appointed to the role on May 13, 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Global market volatility, corporate profit causing higher food prices, not supply management

  • Opponents of supply management have used recent food cost increases as an excuse to decry a system that they do not agree with for
Opinion | BY JODEY NURSE, BRUCE MUIRHEAD | February 1, 2023
While dairy, poultry, and egg prices have increased in Canada, those same commodity prices have increased much more significantly elsewhere in the world, write Jodey Nurse and Bruce Muirhead. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Global market volatility, corporate profit causing higher food prices, not supply management

Opinion | BY JODEY NURSE, BRUCE MUIRHEAD | February 1, 2023
  • Opponents of supply management have used recent food cost increases as an excuse to decry a system that they do not agree with for

Global market volatility, corporate profit causing higher food prices, not supply management

Opinion | BY JODEY NURSE, BRUCE MUIRHEAD | February 1, 2023
  • Opponents of supply management have used recent food cost increases as an excuse to decry a system that they do not agree with for
While dairy, poultry, and egg prices have increased in Canada, those same commodity prices have increased much more significantly elsewhere in the world, write Jodey Nurse and Bruce Muirhead. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Domestic food supply is critical: supply management guarantees delivery

  • Ideology has never been a good substitute for data, a fact that has been brought out very vividly by the pandemic that is ravaging
Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | April 29, 2020
Bruce Muirhead asks: What might have happened were we reliant on U.S. egg and dairy imports the same way we have to rely on outside sources for personal protective equipment? Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Domestic food supply is critical: supply management guarantees delivery

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | April 29, 2020
  • Ideology has never been a good substitute for data, a fact that has been brought out very vividly by the pandemic that is ravaging

Domestic food supply is critical: supply management guarantees delivery

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | April 29, 2020
  • Ideology has never been a good substitute for data, a fact that has been brought out very vividly by the pandemic that is ravaging
Bruce Muirhead asks: What might have happened were we reliant on U.S. egg and dairy imports the same way we have to rely on outside sources for personal protective equipment? Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Supply management integral to a strong Canadian agricultural sector

  • Recent stories have been shedding a negative light on supply management, the Canadian system that matches domestic demand with domestic supply in dairy, eggs,
Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | March 12, 2018
It is the same with eggs. A surplus of production over consumption in the U.S. has driven down the cost to unsustainable levels, for farmers at least, writes Bruce Muirhead. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Supply management integral to a strong Canadian agricultural sector

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | March 12, 2018
  • Recent stories have been shedding a negative light on supply management, the Canadian system that matches domestic demand with domestic supply in dairy, eggs,

Supply management integral to a strong Canadian agricultural sector

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | March 12, 2018
  • Recent stories have been shedding a negative light on supply management, the Canadian system that matches domestic demand with domestic supply in dairy, eggs,
It is the same with eggs. A surplus of production over consumption in the U.S. has driven down the cost to unsustainable levels, for farmers at least, writes Bruce Muirhead. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Got milk? Wisconsin has too much, but that’s not Canada’s problem

  • U.S. President Donald Trump recently denounced Canada’s dairy system. His animus resulted from a long-advertised change to Canadian dairy import regulations that affected ultra-filtered
Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | May 17, 2017
Canada is the top global importer of U.S. agricultural products, taking US$24-billion each year. Waldo93 photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Got milk? Wisconsin has too much, but that’s not Canada’s problem

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | May 17, 2017
  • U.S. President Donald Trump recently denounced Canada’s dairy system. His animus resulted from a long-advertised change to Canadian dairy import regulations that affected ultra-filtered

Got milk? Wisconsin has too much, but that’s not Canada’s problem

Opinion | BY BRUCE MUIRHEAD | May 17, 2017
  • U.S. President Donald Trump recently denounced Canada’s dairy system. His animus resulted from a long-advertised change to Canadian dairy import regulations that affected ultra-filtered
Canada is the top global importer of U.S. agricultural products, taking US$24-billion each year. Waldo93 photograph courtesy of Pixabay
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