Canada should eliminate its supply management system—with or without Trump

As the experience of our other allies clearly shows, governments can reform the dairy industry to the benefit of both consumers and farmers.

Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald. If Ottawa and the provinces dismantled our supply management system in a fair and productive way, it would be a rare win-win, write Alex Whalen and Jake Fuss.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALEX WHALEN, JAKE FUSS

August 20, 2025

In one of the latest salvos in his trade war, United States President Donald Trump recently took aim at supply management in Canada—a set of regulations ...

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