Canada’s outdated supply management system forces the average Canadian family to spend $500 a year to protect a small group of wealthy dairy producers, most of them millionaires. This protectionist regime enriches a few at the expense of many, drives up food prices and undermines Canada’s credibility in trade negotiations. It no longer fits the times and it has to go.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about attacking dairy farmers. Most are hardworking, conscientious people who’ve built their lives around a system they didn’t create. They rise early, work long hours, rarely take holidays and deserve fair compensation if the system is dismantled. But good intentions don’t justify bad policy.
Under supply management, the government tightly controls how much dairy, poultry and eggs Canadian farmers can produce and imposes steep tariffs—sometimes more than 400 per cent—on imported products to limit competition. The result is artificially high prices, limited consumer choice and retaliatory tariffs from other countries.
Maxime Bernier Has Long Advocated For The Abolition of Supply Management
“Those who want to know more should read my 27-page chapter about supply management (in the book I never finished and that was never published)”
Those who want to know more should read my 27-page chapter about supply management (in the book I never finished and that was never published). 👇https://t.co/3dDH6m7ONa
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) July 20, 2025
