Mr. Malo, last year, the retail price for milk in Canada increased on average 0.5% whereas the consumer price index went up approximately 2% or 2.5%. It cannot be said that the price of milk for restaurants is increasing more quickly than production costs.
However, we can say that the farm-gate price is based on the cost of production. This farm-gate price is more or less set for all dairy farmers throughout Canada and it does not rise more quickly than the consumer price index.