‘Some baloney’ in Trudeau’s claims about supply management under new trade deal
OTTAWA — “We have a supply management system that continues to be very much in place to protect both our agricultural sector and our consumers. This is something that continues. We have made modifications to the way it works, but we also know that it is something that will ensure the viability and the strength of supply management for years to come.”
— Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Oct. 1, 2018
It was one of the biggest questions facing Trudeau this week when he announced Canada had concluded a trade deal with the United States and Mexico: What about Canada’s supply-managed agricultural system?
Angry dairy farmers have been quick to condemn the deal, invoking a common catch-phrase to describe what they believe is happening to their industry: Death by a thousand cuts.