Category: Supply Management

Cory Morgan: Instead of Demonizing Food Retailers, Feds Should End Anti-Competitive Supply Management System

June 30, 2023
Canadadairy farmersOpinionSoviet UnionSupply ManagementViewpointsWorld
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Commentary A recently released report from the Canadian Competition Bureau confirms what grocers have been saying all along: There is no “greedflation” happening in the retail food market and profit margins for retailers are low. And although the bureau did note that consumers would be better served if there were more competitors in the retail…

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Cory Morgan: Blaming Grocers for Food Price Inflation Is a Red Herring

March 11, 2023
Canadafood inflationJagmeet SinghOpinionSupply ManagementViewpointsWorld
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Commentary It was high drama during a recent meeting of what is typically a sedate parliamentary agriculture committee. With weeks of pressure, MPs managed to get some CEOs of Canada’s largest grocers to appear before the committee to explain their recent profit levels. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had been attacking Canadian grocers for days using…

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Amid Rising Food Costs, Tory Leadership Candidate Says He Would End Supply Management

April 21, 2022
CanadaPierre PoilievreSupply ManagementWorld
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In the midst of an affordability crisis, much focus has been on housing or fuel prices, but a Conservative leadership candidate says Canada’s supply management system is also contributing to the rising cost of living and should be ended. “For years, Canada’s bread makers colluded to inflate their prices. When the Competition Bureau caught them,…

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