Ottawa’s latest fiscal statement includes payments to producers for lost markets due to the North American free trade deal
Canada’s supply-managed producers are waiting for details after a signal from Ottawa that compensation for market access lost to the U.S. is coming. The Nov. 3 fall economic statement included an allocation of $1.7 billion for “full and fair” compensation under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The statement said only that details would be made public in […] Read moreTag Archives Supply Management — page 6
New Zealand challenges Canada over dairy
New Zealand has launched a trade dispute against Canada over dairy, saying Canada is breaking the rules of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. Damien O’Connor, New Zealand’s trade minister, announced the CPTPP dispute May 12. “New Zealand has notified Canada and other CPTPP parties that we believe Canada’s implementation of its dairy TRQs (tariff […] Read more
Supply-managed processors get aid
Supply-managed processors in Canada welcomed the launch of a $292.5 million fund to help them deal with the effects of international trade agreements. Federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau last week announced the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund promised in the 2021 budget, saying it would help processors increase competitiveness and resilience. The announcement of the […] Read more
Supply management bill receives cold reception
Bloc Quebecois MP introduces a private member’s bill that would make concessions in future trade negotiations illegal
A private member’s bill that would make it illegal to include supply management concessions in future trade deals has received second reading in Parliament and attracted attention outside the House. The Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance released a letter to the prime minister and opposition leaders asking them not to support the bill, even though all […] Read more
Feds deliver on supply management compensation
Canadian producers working in supply-managed sectors received details of federal government plans to compensate them for market access offered in recently signed trade deals. The announcement comes on the heels of producers calling on federal agriculture minister Marie-Claude Bibeau to follow through on commitments to support supply-managed producers impacted by trade deals. The egg, chicken […] Read more
Bibeau commits to supply management compensation by March
Federal Minister of Agriculture Marie Claude Bibeau reaffirmed a pledge to compensate supply-managed industries for trade deals during a Nov. 26 committee appearance. The federal government offered its first installment of a $1.75 billion payout to dairy producers to cover market losses from negotiations of two trade deals last year. Bibeau said the federal government […] Read more
Dairy farmers speak out after critical report
Canadian dairy producers think a recent think-tank report misses the benefits and exaggerates the challenges that their industry faces. However, Dairy Farmers of Canada said it was pleased to see the benefits of supply management recognized in the Supply Management 2.0 report, even though it disagrees with the tone of the analysis. “The authors observe […] Read more
Dairy farmers want compensation action
Canada’s dairy farmers are calling on the federal government to make good on its promise to compensate producers after giving up market share of the supply-managed industry to more foreign competitors. The Liberal government has told Dairy Farmers of Canada compensation is coming as a result of three major trade deals: the Comprehensive Economic and […] Read more
Don’t take farming and food for granted says U of C report
Canadians and Canada’s governments shouldn’t take farming and food for granted. That’s the bottom line of a June 9 report from the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy. “Food security in Canada is not something to be taken for granted and government policy action must reflect the essential service agriculture provides for our nation,” […] Read more
Will the wild changes in the grocery, food and farming systems survive the pandemic?
What will create lasting changes and what is transitory?
The food, farming and grocery sectors have been shocked by the coronavirus crisis. Packing plants have been temporarily shuttered, creating crises on hog farms and cattle feedlots that can’t move animals they have no space for. Food products that everybody has taken for granted for decades, such as flour and yeast, have become suddenly scarce, […] Read more
