Canadian marketing boards need to be abandoned if we want to participate in our 'global economy'.
Paying producers 'not to produce' thus keeping prices artificially high for consumers is protectionist & just plain wrong today. It is a model from the ancient past that needs to go away in all sectors of production, not just food.
I can't believe the amount of power that the dairy industry has over governments in eastern Canada that causes this system to be perpetuated seemingly forever. Out west we have 'The Wheat Board' that is just as bad & archaic.
Then we complain about the OPEC cartel...
TAM
