Agriculture committee   of these support mechanisms for small farmers are supply-managed production systems, so they can actually see that there's going to be a profit at the end of the day; collective marketing strategies; ability to save and reuse seed; producer car-loading sites; and local accessible infrastructure

Agriculture committee   communities and open up contracts so that in municipal governments such as Portage, local workers will have to compete with European workers. We know that supply management and the Wheat Board are on the table. It just seems that rural Canada is constantly being hammered by these trade

House debate  Madam Speaker, the question I asked the minister was clearly about supply management, primarily in the dairy industry, and the new trade agreement that the government has entered into with the European Union and how we intend to ensure supply managed farmers that indeed we

Agriculture committee  . There are four main areas that I'd like to talk about, the first being supply management. Supply management is a model that works. It's all about stability. It's expensive to get in, but, to me, returns are the most stable of all agricultural commodities. The system needs to be protected

Agriculture committee   with trade issues typically as a member of the trade committee, so I'm dealing with things such as country-of-origin labelling in the States or defending supply management with free trade talks to the EU. So I want to start with some trade issues. What can we do, or what should we

Agriculture committee  . Other countries are coping with this through subsidies. The government in Canada has had no desire to see our farmers have to compete against the treasuries of other countries. What supply management means is that the dairy farmers get a fair price for their milk from the market

Dairy Producers   the impact of the agreement on the dairy and cheese industry and support Canada's supply management system, which ensures stable, fair pricing. The NDP supports producers. We want the government to walk the talk and protect Canada and its dairy and cheese industry. The government must

Dairy Producers   and indirect jobs are at stake, in both the production and processing sectors. This motion aims to mitigate the potential impact of this agreement on the dairy and cheese industries. It also seeks support for Canada’s supply management system, which guarantees stable and fair prices

Dairy Producers   forward seeks to mitigate the impact of the CETA on the dairy and cheese industries and to support Canada’s supply management system, which guarantees stable and fair prices. It comes in response to the demands of dairy and cheese producers from across Canada. The Canadian government

Agriculture committee  , and taste. If we couldn't sell a product at a fair price, we would and often still do turn it under in the field. We saw a seed market that was increasingly dominated by huge multinational corporations focused on producing fewer and fewer varieties bred for ease of handling

Agriculture committee   of milk and milk products of the highest and safest quality, at a fair price. The system achieves these objectives by enabling Canadian dairy farmers to act collectively to negotiate prices and adjust milk production to meet consumer demand. In so doing, supply management ensures

Agriculture committee   to the previous government, we met with many of the commodity groups, agriculture organizations, and the industry. Once they talked about their issues, it was very hard to find anyone who would not be supportive. Obviously, supply management always seems to float to the top of every agreement

Business of Supply   of milk and milk products of the highest and safest quality, at a fair price. Canadian dairy was the first industry to operate under supply management—a system that egg and poultry farmers would later adopt. As for the dairy sector, the supply management system is administered

Business of Supply   have a strong system thanks to supply management, which is based on three important pillars: a farm gate price that ensures a fair price for farmers based on production costs; a milk supply that matches the demand, commonly referred to as “quotas”; and import control based on tariff

Committees of the House   and farm families and 200,000 Canadian jobs; and contributes nearly $20 billion to the Canadian economy. On this side of the House, support for Canadian supply management is clear. Our system is a model of stability around the world. It provides a fair price for farmers; stability