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Canadian consumers as a group buy a variant amount of dairy products without any Government requirement of a minimum purchase amount. Canadian dairy farmers co
by dleslie 8y ago
Canadian consumers as a group buy a variant amount of dairy products without any Government requirement of a minimum purchase amount.
Canadian dairy farmers coordinate with one another with the assistance of the Canadian Government to avoid over-producing and under-producing, and to sell as a single bargaining unit to purchasers. At no point does the Canadian Government subsidize dairy farmers to produce products, nor does the Canadian Government rebate Canadian consumers for purchasing dairy products.
Moreover, the Canada Food Guide no longer includes dairy as an essential food group. Most Canadians live close to the border and could cross-border shop.
There is no subsidy.
- ucaetano 8y ago> Canadian dairy farmers coordinate with one another with the assistance of the Canadian Government to avoid over-producing and under-producing Translating: the Canadian government protects collusion between the Canadian farmers to reduce competition and extract undue economic profits from society. Yep, it is a subsidy.
- dleslie 8y agoAlong with the proximity to the American border and the duty-free purchasing allowed, CETA opened up broader quotas on importing dairy products from Europe without tariffs, _and buyers are not availing themselves of the full extent of it_. There is no extraction of undue economic profits because consumers can, and yet do not, access other markets without tariff. There is no monetary or financial assistance provided, none whatsoever.
- ucaetano 8y ago> opened up broader quotas I love how you try to justify that this isn't a subsidy by using the word "quotas"!