Tarriffs

[wilagro]

I fully support the supply management system in Canada for the commodities that are currently covered.

If we don't want our farmers to prosper just eliminate supply management and watch the USA dominate and CONTROL our market.

[Burbert]

Free trade at its finest. We voted fer it
we got it, lucky us, a u.s. cousin we got
takin ta the cleaners agin, by the yankee
traders. Comedians are sooooooooodumb.
Butt we are gettin level playin fields ta
fram in, ya right.

[rockpile]

Tarriffs are a two way street. Ask any livestock guy
about that. Even now under COOL it costs a
Canadian producer 60 to 70 bucks more per head
to submit the identical paper work compared to a
US producer. As far as US dairy and poultry go, are
their subsidies factored in to those price
comparisons? At one time the Govt subsidy on milk
was 100%! Also, don't just compare price - compare
quality as well. Their butter is more likely to be
oleo. And Pars, you pretty much summed it up in
your last sentence - "glad to be home". Perhaps you
betrayed yourself.

[Fransisco]

It doesn't matter which country is doing it tariffs are still legalized theft. You sound like a preschooler with all the " But... MOMMMMMM... everyone else is doing it" baloney.

[rockpile]

Franny, never said it was right, did I? Be a good boy
scout - we can always use more roadkill!

[parsley]

There should be free and open trade. One of
the burrs in trade has been Canada's supply
management sector. It's caused grief for
decades as an unfair business practice. Supply
management is morally wrong. I should be able
to buy cows and milk them and sell milk
anywhere. The entire duty system is wrong. And
... I am glad to be home Rocky, so I can scrap
with you. I see you practiced up. LOL. Pars.

[Fransisco]

Hey you never said it was wrong either rockster. And put up a pretty good defense of the system. I'm just callin em like I see em.

Supply management has caused all of us other farmers all kinds of grief when it comes to trade. We're all looking for more markets while they're trying to shut the door even tighter. It makes our trade negotiators look like morons who are sucking and blowing at the same time.

[rockpile]

Franny, thanks for acknowledging that I put up a
pretty good defence, lol. Supply management is and
has been a trade issue for a very long time but, at
the end of the day, it's been part of the political
foundation of this nation. I doubt even Harper
wants to mess with it (much like abortion). But
consider this. In international trade discussions,
time and again the CWB was a thorn in the eyes of
our competitors. And now it's gone all on our own
devise and we got dick sweet all in return. Glad you
guys are not my lawyer!
Pars - morally wrong - that's hyperbole. Maybe the
rules are inconvenient or an obstacle, which is
common in many business ventures btw, but don't
confuse morality with operating codes of conduct.
And you can get into the dairy business if you like -
just cough up the dough. Thanks for the offer but
sparring implies conquest and defeat where I more
prefer discussion and respect.

[Fransisco]

You and I obviously have a very different defintion of "nothing".

To me being able to sell my wheat and barley to whoever I want whenever I want for whatever price I want. Is way more than just "nothing".

[Fransisco]

BTW- I agree Pars, it is immoral. Legal yes, but still immoral.