Global market volatility, corporate profit causing higher food prices, not supply management

Opponents of supply management have used recent food cost increases as an excuse to decry a system that they do not agree with for acting as a bulwark against neoliberal food policies despite its benefits for Canadians.

While dairy, poultry, and egg prices have increased in Canada, those same commodity prices have increased much more significantly elsewhere in the world, write Jodey Nurse and Bruce Muirhead.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY JODEY NURSE, BRUCE MUIRHEAD

February 1, 2023

Recently, the national media has paid much attention to the issue of rising food prices. This is not surprising, given that food is an essential purchase for all Canadians and has outpaced headlin...

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