Supply management won’t be part of trade negotiations and tariff discussions, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday.
“With respect to supply management, I have been clear: from the very first day of the launch of my leadership campaign,” Carney told media in Montreal.
“We will never have discussions with respect to supply management, it’s off the table.”
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Carney said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump Friday morning in what he called a “very constructive, very productive discussion.”
Carney said it was “only the start of negotiations” and the promised April tariff response from Trump could change the situation.
When asked if it would be necessary to have a bill protecting supply management, Carney said “what one needs to ensure that is to have a government and a Prime Minister with that commitment, with a strong mandate.”
Support for supply management among Canadians has been mixed: According to a recent Angus Reid poll, 29 per cent of Canadians want to eliminate supply management for dairy, eggs and poultry and 23 per cent want to keep it in place.
