All-party support mutes impact of supply management in election, despite political sniping

Dairy farming regions are based around Ontario and Quebec, where the Conservatives hold seven of the 10 federal ridings with the most dairy farms.
Concessions to Canada's supply-managed dairy sector has long been a sensitive political issue for parties wanting to win strategically important ridings in Quebec and Ontario.
Despite concessions in successive trade deals on access to Canada's supply-managed dairy sector, cross-party support means it is unlikely to be a decisive ballot box issue in crucial rural ridings in Ontario and Quebec. All five major political parties have pledged their backing for the supply mana...

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