Sylvain Charlebois and Tatiana Astray assess the capacity of Canada’s dairy sector to compete in a post supply management era, and offer policy reform ideas to help the industry succeed.
Agriculture
Food Inflation and Biofuel Production: Will the Pursuit of Clean Energy be Made Off the Back of the World’s Poor?
Frontier Centre Intern Eric Merkley shows that the use of grains for biofuel production instead of feedstock can contribute to undesirable increases in the price of food.
New Voluntary Wheat Board May Struggle
The federal government is about to abolish compulsory membership in the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB). However, there are good reasons to doubt that a voluntary board will succeed. Farmers who chose not to take part in the board will likely be better off, like their counterparts in the rest of the world that do not operate under a wheat marketing board.
Supply Management isn’t all it’s Cracked Up to be
I am not convinced that most Canadians are satisfied to pay a hefty premium for their dairy products in return for price stability. But perhaps the dairy farmers are on to something.
Why should consumers benefit only from stable dairy prices when there are so many other sectors that could benefit from supply management?
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Busybody Politicians, Get Off our Backs
In pursuit of their vision of the perfect world, politicians justify even absurd restrictions on our freedom.
Fewer Farms in Canada: Moving in the Right Direction
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Will Organic Farming Save the World?
A sentimental naïvety is no substitute for the hard calculation of costs and benefits. Organic farming on a wide scale would entail more environment destruction than it’s worth.
Breakfast on the Frontier – Sylvain Charlebois – Agriculture Sector
Listen to Sylvain Charlesbois speak at Breakfast on the Frontier - on supply management here. (36 minutes) Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is an associate professor in marketing in the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Regina (Canada) since 2004. He is...
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The Hon. Charlie Mayer, P.C., former Minister of Agriculture
An obsessive focus on the Wheat Board’s monopoly is diverting us from a needed discussion on the future of the farm industry and on what policies we should be pursuing to maximize opportunities at home and abroad.
The Wheat Board Should Have Remained Neutral
The referendum’s over, but where does the Wheat Board go to retrieve its honour? Its interference in the process demonstrates again that it is a renegade agency willing to use the people’s money to engage in special pleading.
Breakfast on the Frontier – The Present and the Possible – With Charlie Mayer
Listen to Charlie Mayer speak at Breakfast on the Frontier here. (70 minutes)