Supply management keeps ‘family farming’ alive in Canada

The stability of our industry is what makes it possible for our sons and daughters to take over the family farm. In other words, working under supply management is keeping our dairy, poultry, and eggs alive and rooted in the tradition of family farming.

Roger Pelissero of the Egg Farmers of Canada is urging Canadian trade negotiators and officials, including Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured, to ensure the continued existence of the country's supply management system amid ongoing renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

November 27, 2017

Renegotiating NAFTA is not a simple task, and the potential effects of such an important trade agreement go far beyond what we hear in the news. While Canadian, American and Mexican farmers have commonly asked our governments to “do no harm” when it comes to our industries—a position that has ...

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