  Beyond Supply ManagementShould supply management cease, threats to our domestic market would come primarily from the US, particularly to the dairy industry. The US has dairy production capabilities that are 14.5 times larger and exports that are 16.2 times larger than Canada’s. The US currently produces twice the amount of dairy that is needed for its domestic consumers. These production capabilities would allow the US to flood the Canadian market with cheap dairy products, instantly jeopardizing the Canadian dairy industry. In addition, Canada would have competition from emerging markets from more efficient countries such as Australia. While analysts predict that the Canadian dairy market would not be significantly affected in a liberalized scenario, such forecasts are questionable, considering Canada’s inability to be competitive in domestic and international markets. |
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 Prairie Governments Should Look Forward, Not Backward, On the Wheat BoardThe Manitoba NDP government of Greg Selinger seem to prefer sparring with Ottawa over the Wheat Board rather than helping farmers find new opportunities to market their grain. Hear more on today’s Frontier Centre Commentary. Join us weekly across the prairies for our hard hitting policy commentary broadcast across the Goldenwest Radio Network - Click here for a list of 14 stations and broadcast times. |
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Latest PublicationsBeyond Supply Management— March 30, 2012Canada’s dairy industry is not currently well-positioned to succeed in increasingly liberalized international markets and policy reforms are currently needed to insure competitiveness in the future. Media Release - The Canadian Dairy Industry In a Post Supply Management Era— March 23, 2012Sylvain Charlebois and Tatiana Astray discuss ideas for policy reform that will enable Canada’s dairy industry to compete effectively with international competitors in a post supply management era. The Future of the Canadian Dairy Sector— March 23, 2012Sylvain 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. Food Inflation and Biofuel Production— February 10, 2012Frontier 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. Media Release - The Moral Dilemma in Biofuel Production— February 10, 2012The continuous use of food crops for biofuel production can contribute to undesirable increases in the price of food, with serious consequences for the poor in developed states and masses of people in developing countries. New Voluntary Wheat Board May Struggle— December 7, 2011The 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. |
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