The private member’s bill would prevent supply managed sectors from being on the table during future trade negotiations
The bill to enshrine support for supply management in federal legislation is at second reading in the Senate. Bill C-282 would amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act to keep supply managed sectors out of future trade negotiations. Senator Amina Gerba from Quebec moved second reading, saying she agreed to sponsor the […] Read moreTag Archives Supply Management — page 5
Dairy compensation coming this year
The Canadian government will soon begin compensating dairy producers for the impacts of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The first payments under the $1.2 billion program will be paid out this year and each year until 2029. The Dairy Direct Payment Program made four payments worth $1.75 billion between 2019 and 2023 for lost market share […] Read more
House passes supply management bill; sends it to Senate
The House of Commons has passed the private member’s bill that would keep supply managed sectors out of future trade talks. Despite urging from many export-oriented sectors, MPs passed Bill C-282 by a five-to-one margin on June 21. The bill moves to the Senate for more scrutiny, but both houses are now on summer break […] Read more
Debate heats up over bill to protect supply management
Bloc Quebecois takes Conservatives to task for opposition to private member’s bill that would prevent concessions in future trade deals
Although all parties overwhelmingly agreed to move the bill to protect supply management in future trade negotiations through the parliamentary process earlier this year, some Conservatives are speaking against it, saying it could have unintended consequences and has divided agricultural sectors.
Supply management bill divides MPs as vote looms
The Conservative shadow minister for agriculture says differing messages coming out of two standing committees last week do not show division within the party over supply management. The agriculture committee issued its report following its study of global food security, which included a recommendation to protect the supply management system. At the international trade committee, […] Read more
MP calls for more meetings on supply management bill
Ag committee was supposed to begin analyzing proposed legislation banning further concessions in future trade talks
Debate on the private member’s bill that would prevent supply management from being used as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations may continue longer than expected. The standing committee on international trade was supposed to go through clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-282, which would amend the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act, March 30. But […] Read more
Fertilizer emissions target is voluntary, says PM
Supply management also discussed as Canadian Federation of Agriculture delegates hear from all federal party leaders
OTTAWA — Prime minister Justin Trudeau reiterated this week that the fertilizer emissions reduction target proposed by his government is voluntary. Speaking to farmers gathered at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture annual meeting March 6 — a surprise late addition to the agenda — the prime minister praised farmers for their hard work and outlined […] Read more
Bill to protect supply management progresses
Private member’s bill would prevent federal government from making market access concessions in future trade deals
A private member’s bill to protect supply managed sectors in future trade negotiations has passed second reading in the House of Commons and been referred to committee. Bill C-282 would amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act so that dairy, eggs and poultry would not be on the table during trade talks. […] Read more
Supply management help shares grain similarities
While my natural inclination is to rail against the most recent trade deal compensation being paid to the dairy and poultry sectors, after a bit of sober second thought, I revert to the old axiom, “people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Compensation for anticipated loss of market share was promised to supply-managed farms by […] Read more
Supply management help explained
Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced further details Nov. 14 about compensation for supply-managed sectors affected by the renegotiated North American free trade deal. This should be the last compensation package for lost market share due to trade agreements. “Promise made, promise kept,” she said. “I would like to reiterate our government’s commitment not to […] Read more
