The House of Commons trade committee is set to undertake its final review of a bill aimed at tying trade negotiators’ hands so that new deals don’t chip away at the system that controls quotas and prices
Members of Parliament are rallying to bolster Canada’s system of protecting dairy and poultry prices amid trade deals, and suggest developing countries do the same.
The legislation would make it harder for negotiators to give ground on a system that proponents argue keeps a stable supply of goods and protects farms, but which detractors say drives up the cost of grocery bills and leads to farmers dumping millions of litres of perfectly good milk. The idea stems from November testimony by Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food. He noted poorer countries’ desire for stable food, which can be achieved by stockpiling food and by manipulating its price in the market.
Conservative leaders who advocate for less market intervention often shy away from changing supply management, with current Leader Pierre Poilievre and former party leader Andrew Scheer both arguing changes to the regime would hurt farmers.
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