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> The oil industry seems pretty important as well. Not nearly as important as food; the only thing as important as the food supply is our supply of drinking wa
by slapfrog 5y ago
> The oil industry seems pretty important as well.
Not nearly as important as food; the only thing as important as the food supply is our supply of drinking water. Nothing else is comparably important, so you're wasting your time trying to find analogies. And the instability historically see in the oil industry is precisely what sane people want to avoid in the food supply.
- gruez 5y ago>Not nearly as important as food; the only thing as important as the food supply is our supply of drinking water. Nothing else is comparably important, so you're wasting your time trying to find analogies. Guess what modern agriculture (tractors, fertilizers, pesticides) runs off of? Furthermore, if food security really is important, why is only dairy and egg supply managed? Surely if you want to keep your country fed, you'd want to go after the staples like potatoes or grain? If all the milk cows and egg laying chickens vanished, people would have to change their eating habits. Some people (working in adjacent industries) might lose their jobs, but that'd be it. On the other hand, if all the wheat/soybean/corn/rice/potato crops vanished there would be a massive famine.
- SECProto 5y ago> Surely if you want to keep your country fed, you'd want to go after the staples like potatoes or grain? Canada is extremely competitive on grain and potatoes (and lentils and oilseeds and ...). Supply management isn't needed if we're already competitive exporters of a given product.
- gruez 5y ago>Supply management isn't needed if we're already competitive exporters of a given product. sounds more like the real goal is protectionism rather than "having a stable supply of food"
- SECProto 5y agoYes, protecting important food suppliers from some foreign competition to ensure a stable supply of food is protectionism.
- hluska 5y agoAnd again, you’re being needlessly argumentative and couching it all in very poor communications skills. Your comments have had absolutely no value. Please stop - it’s low brow and boring.
- slapfrog 5y agoSupporting the entire food industry keeps the entire food supply secure. Shortages in one sector will raise prices in another. Libertarian madness is not a sensible way to run a country. Not even America is that crazy.