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Article: The case for supply management.
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- Canadian Parliamentary Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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For nearly fifty years the price for certain agricultural products including milk, eggs and poultry have been regulated under a system known as supply management. This article describes the origins of supply management and argues that it continues to be in the interest of both producers and consumers.
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