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Edmonton Journal
7 days ago
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
Rob Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes
Article content The quest by Premier Danielle Smith to establish more clearly delineated lines of 'autonomy' is certainly not intended to deliver benefit to the rest of Canada. Article content Frankly, it's not clear that some of these ideas even benefit Alberta. However, there are areas where a benefit to this province overlaps with a benefit to the country. Prioritizing those issues would be the smart strategy. Article content Article content Article content The premier's response strongly implies that the door is open to such a move. Article content 'Creating our own Alberta version of supply management, maybe as a pathway to a market system and maybe just because it would stick our finger in the eye of Quebec . . . might be (something) we want to do a little consultation on,' she said. Article content We'll see just how serious the premier is about this, but it is something Alberta should further explore, for a variety of reasons. Article content If nothing else, this could finally advance the debate in Canada around an issue where many politicians have been afraid to take such a contrarian stance. It's unfortunate that federal politicians are so beholden to the status quo that it takes a rebellious provincial leader to push for change. Article content Article content Supply management — the regime that regulates the production and price of dairy, eggs and poultry — has been thrust into the national conversation amid trade talks with the U.S. and American frustration over the system's blatant protectionism. Article content That frustration is not confined to just our American partners — our stubborn intransigence on supply management previously derailed trade talks with the U.K. and jeopardized our involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership. (In fact, just last week, New Zealand prevailed in a TPP dispute against Canada over supply management quotas). Article content Given the importance of global trade to much of Alberta's ag sector — including the billions of dollars worth of beef and canola exported annually to the U.S. — we should champion their cause and oppose policies that imperil that market access. Article content There's also the fact that supply management artificially limits the size of these specific sectors within Alberta. As the premier noted in her remarks last week, Alberta is underrepresented in its share of the quotas under supply management, whereas Quebec holds about 37 per cent of dairy quotas.
Calgary Herald
7 days ago
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Breakenridge: Defying supply management could lead to beneficial changes
The quest by Premier Danielle Smith to establish more clearly delineated lines of 'autonomy' is certainly not intended to deliver benefit to the rest of Canada. Article content Frankly, it's not clear that some of these ideas even benefit Alberta. However, there are areas where a benefit to this province overlaps with a benefit to the country. Prioritizing those issues would be the smart strategy. Article content Article content Article content One of those issues is supply management. It's not something that has been at the forefront of this conversation, but that may be about to change. Article content Article content 'Creating our own Alberta version of supply management, maybe as a pathway to a market system and maybe just because it would stick our finger in the eye of Quebec . . . might be (something) we want to do a little consultation on,' she said. Article content We'll see just how serious the premier is about this, but it is something Alberta should further explore, for a variety of reasons. Article content If nothing else, this could finally advance the debate in Canada around an issue where many politicians have been afraid to take such a contrarian stance. It's unfortunate that federal politicians are so beholden to the status quo that it takes a rebellious provincial leader to push for change. Article content Article content Supply management — the regime that regulates the production and price of dairy, eggs and poultry — has been thrust into the national conversation amid trade talks with the U.S. and American frustration over the system's blatant protectionism. Article content That frustration is not confined to just our American partners — our stubborn intransigence on supply management previously derailed trade talks with the U.K. and jeopardized our involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership. (In fact, just last week, New Zealand prevailed in a TPP dispute against Canada over supply management quotas). Article content Given the importance of global trade to much of Alberta's ag sector — including the billions of dollars worth of beef and canola exported annually to the U.S. — we should champion their cause and oppose policies that imperil that market access. Article content There's also the fact that supply management artificially limits the size of these specific sectors within Alberta. As the premier noted in her remarks last week, Alberta is underrepresented in its share of the quotas under supply management, whereas Quebec holds about 37 per cent of dairy quotas.
Wall Street Journal
20-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
Canada Is the Best Friend America's Got
When President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in 2017, I was profoundly disappointed. In 2015, as Canada's minister of international trade, I helped negotiate the ambitious agreement that set high standards for the global economy and countered China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region. It was more than a trade deal—it was a strategic blueprint for shared prosperity and security among like-minded nations. That withdrawal signaled a larger shift. The Trump administration over its two terms has steadily retreated from the multilateral, rules-based order the U.S. had built since World War II. It has refused to appoint judges to the World Trade Organization's appellate body, effectively paralyzing the system that enforces global trade rules. It has turned to tariffs as a blunt instrument of coercion, wielding them against strategic competitors like China and longtime partners such as Canada.
