Supply management bill goes straight to Senate

Supply management bill goes straight to Senate

The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate

The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate


Is supply management shielding Canada’s poultry and egg farmers from bird flu?

Is supply management shielding Canada’s poultry and egg farmers from bird flu?

Supply managment experts say Canadian system encourages smaller farms, and that helps limit spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza; U.S. industry disagrees

The U.S. and Canada are both grappling with a multi-year bird flu outbreak in poultry, but the sheer numbers of U.S. birds lost, the spread of the virus in U.S. dairy cattle and dozens of human cases in the country have raised considerable public and agricultural alarm.






Senate won’t fast-track supply management bill

Senate won’t fast-track supply management bill

Bloc Quebecois makes bill’s immediate passage a condition of preventing an early election, but senators will not budge

The Senate committee on foreign affairs and international trade appears to be staying the course on Bill C-282, despite pressure to move it along quicker.