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Canada clings to its dairy supply management system like it's sacred, despite dairy trade being a tiny sliver of the massive US-Canada relationship Dairy Farmers president David Weins says US exports ~$1B+ in dairy to Canada annually, while importing just ~$390M — a huge surplus for the US. Yet...

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THE TRUTH ON TARIFFS: Trump's claim that Canada holds an unfair advantage due to 250% tariffs on U.S. dairy products is misleading. In reality, the U.S. exports approximately $1.03 billion worth of dairy products annually to Canada, virtually ALL TARIFF-FREE. That's right—these U.S. dairy exports enter Canada with a 0% tariff. On the other hand, the U.S. imports only about $293 million in dairy products from Canada each year, significantly less than what it exports to Canada. The "250% tariffs" that Trump references apply exclusively to dairy imports above Canada's established quota limits. Such quota limits are rarely surpassed, as the U.S. already exports far more dairy products to Canada than Canada exports to the U.S.—more than three times as much, in fact. This is what MAGA does. They create huge controversies out of nothing, as a way to try and sell a narrtive.
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THE TRUTH ON TARIFFS: Trump's claim that Canada holds an unfair advantage due to 250% tariffs on U.S. dairy products is misleading. In reality, the U.S. exports approximately $1.03 billion worth of dairy products annually to Canada, virtually ALL TARIFF-FREE. That's right—these U.S. dairy exports enter Canada with a 0% tariff. On the other hand, the U.S. imports only about $293 million in dairy products from Canada each year, significantly less than what it exports to Canada. The "250% tariffs" that Trump references apply exclusively to dairy imports above Canada's established quota limits. Such quota limits are rarely surpassed, as the U.S. already exports far more dairy products to Canada than Canada exports to the U.S.—more than three times as much, in fact. This is what MAGA does. They create huge controversies out of nothing, as a way to try and sell a narrtive.

Ed Krassenstein

1,088,335 views • 1 year ago

"Twenty-five years ago, I was virtually alone in Canada in advocating for supply management reform, particularly in the dairy sector. Today, a growing number of Canadians recognize that we can do better. We are losing dairy farms despite supply management, while global demand for Canadian food—and Canadian dairy proteins—continues to grow. We should be expanding our dairy sector, not managing its decline."
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"Twenty-five years ago, I was virtually alone in Canada in advocating for supply management reform, particularly in the dairy sector. Today, a growing number of Canadians recognize that we can do better. We are losing dairy farms despite supply management, while global demand for Canadian food—and Canadian dairy proteins—continues to grow. We should be expanding our dairy sector, not managing its decline."

The Food Professor

52,479 views • 1 month ago

Ian Lee on supply management "I think the Americans felt tricked in the last round of negotiations that they got access to producers but not to actual stores for their dairy." " I think every Canadian has to ask the question, are we going to sabotage a potential, potential trade agreement to save that's going to benefit 40 million Canadians to save 9,000 dairy farmers and mostly located in eastern Ontario and Quebec." "And, and I, and I think we will conclude as Australia did in New Zealand in 2000 when they ended supply management, it's easier to compensate those farmers generously and bring this system to an, to an end." "It will also bring down prices for milk dairy products because in Canada they were doubled as part of the supply management arrangement." Sprott School of Business at Carleton University
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Ian Lee on supply management "I think the Americans felt tricked in the last round of negotiations that they got access to producers but not to actual stores for their dairy." " I think every Canadian has to ask the question, are we going to sabotage a potential, potential trade agreement to save that's going to benefit 40 million Canadians to save 9,000 dairy farmers and mostly located in eastern Ontario and Quebec." "And, and I, and I think we will conclude as Australia did in New Zealand in 2000 when they ended supply management, it's easier to compensate those farmers generously and bring this system to an, to an end." "It will also bring down prices for milk dairy products because in Canada they were doubled as part of the supply management arrangement." Sprott School of Business at Carleton University

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64,772 views • 1 month ago

Peter Armstrong prepares the way for CBC viewers to accept the dumping of supply management. If the Japanese can dump protections for rice farmers... "There's about 1,700,000 to a million rice farmers in Japan." "There's about 9,000 dairy farmers in Canada." "...not a lot of debate in the economics community about the benefits of, of, of supply management, that, you know, there's a lot of people who say, look, this artificially keeps the price of milk high for Canadian families." "What are we doing protecting that as opposed to trying to make a deal with Trump?" "A little bit like they are in Japan, that, that opening up of the rice market, deeply protected, hugely important, and almost symbolic to Japanese people." Peter Armstrong
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Peter Armstrong prepares the way for CBC viewers to accept the dumping of supply management. If the Japanese can dump protections for rice farmers... "There's about 1,700,000 to a million rice farmers in Japan." "There's about 9,000 dairy farmers in Canada." "...not a lot of debate in the economics community about the benefits of, of, of supply management, that, you know, there's a lot of people who say, look, this artificially keeps the price of milk high for Canadian families." "What are we doing protecting that as opposed to trying to make a deal with Trump?" "A little bit like they are in Japan, that, that opening up of the rice market, deeply protected, hugely important, and almost symbolic to Japanese people." Peter Armstrong

cbcwatcher

35,564 views • 1 year ago

Jamieson Greer today at the Iowa State Fair: Straight talk on Canada that doesn’t sound great for Ottawa USTR Jamieson Greer took questions today in Des Moines. The Canada portion was blunt Key points & quotes: * Canada had “completely free access to the US Market for many decades.” The US is now “trying to control our borders… for imported goods and services.” * “For decades, we have had major trade issues with Canada… There are a lot of issues… any potential resolution has to include all of these or a pathway forward for them.” * Again he says only two countries have retaliated against US trade measures: “the People’s Republic of China and Canada. That’s not the kind of company you really want to be running in.” Specific Canadian actions he flagged as the legal/policy basis for the coming Section 338 duties: * Bans on the sale of American wine and spirits in Canada * Uneven dairy treatment with supply management: “In some instances, Canada gives the EU better treatment on dairy than they give us their best customer.” * Procurement and other longstanding issues “These tariffs that are coming in… are a response to Canadian retaliatory measures, like the kind of things that China would do” On whether the duties could still be paused: the measures are tied directly to Canada’s actions, so those have to be resolved first Broader framing: * “This is not a trade war. We have domestic supply chains we’re trying to protect… It’s not Canada specific. It’s… globally.” * “Ultimately, we are accountable to American voters. * The president was elected… on a platform of protecting American industry. So that is first and foremost what we need to do.” * If a country retaliates, “we’re obviously not going to tolerate that. We’ll take action.” Greer even fielded a question in French before pivoting back to the same message: the Section 338 duties rest on Canada’s own measures, and those need to be fixed Constructive talks continue, but the hierarchy is clear: America’s trade policy first. Canada can come along... or not Jamieson Greer
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Jamieson Greer today at the Iowa State Fair: Straight talk on Canada that doesn’t sound great for Ottawa USTR Jamieson Greer took questions today in Des Moines. The Canada portion was blunt Key points & quotes: * Canada had “completely free access to the US Market for many decades.” The US is now “trying to control our borders… for imported goods and services.” * “For decades, we have had major trade issues with Canada… There are a lot of issues… any potential resolution has to include all of these or a pathway forward for them.” * Again he says only two countries have retaliated against US trade measures: “the People’s Republic of China and Canada. That’s not the kind of company you really want to be running in.” Specific Canadian actions he flagged as the legal/policy basis for the coming Section 338 duties: * Bans on the sale of American wine and spirits in Canada * Uneven dairy treatment with supply management: “In some instances, Canada gives the EU better treatment on dairy than they give us their best customer.” * Procurement and other longstanding issues “These tariffs that are coming in… are a response to Canadian retaliatory measures, like the kind of things that China would do” On whether the duties could still be paused: the measures are tied directly to Canada’s actions, so those have to be resolved first Broader framing: * “This is not a trade war. We have domestic supply chains we’re trying to protect… It’s not Canada specific. It’s… globally.” * “Ultimately, we are accountable to American voters. * The president was elected… on a platform of protecting American industry. So that is first and foremost what we need to do.” * If a country retaliates, “we’re obviously not going to tolerate that. We’ll take action.” Greer even fielded a question in French before pivoting back to the same message: the Section 338 duties rest on Canada’s own measures, and those need to be fixed Constructive talks continue, but the hierarchy is clear: America’s trade policy first. Canada can come along... or not Jamieson Greer

cbcwatcher

129,631 views • 1 month ago

Vance on Canada tariffs Asked how the White House will ease the pain if the Canada fight drags on, Vance skipped mitigation. Goal is “fairness.” His claim: Canada long slapped extraordinary restrictions on US workers. Canadian butter entered the US with little/no tariff; US farm goods into Canada can face 200–300%. Same on manufactured goods. Canada lets Chinese products in with far fewer barriers. Fact check: Those 200–300% rates exist over quota (butter ~298%). Under USMCA/CUSMA, almost all US dairy that actually ships to Canada enters duty-free. The US never fills the quotas. The real fight is quota allocation plus recent tit-for-tat tariffs—not farmers routinely paying triple-digit duties JD Vance
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Vance on Canada tariffs Asked how the White House will ease the pain if the Canada fight drags on, Vance skipped mitigation. Goal is “fairness.” His claim: Canada long slapped extraordinary restrictions on US workers. Canadian butter entered the US with little/no tariff; US farm goods into Canada can face 200–300%. Same on manufactured goods. Canada lets Chinese products in with far fewer barriers. Fact check: Those 200–300% rates exist over quota (butter ~298%). Under USMCA/CUSMA, almost all US dairy that actually ships to Canada enters duty-free. The US never fills the quotas. The real fight is quota allocation plus recent tit-for-tat tariffs—not farmers routinely paying triple-digit duties JD Vance

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91,041 views • 11 days ago

CBC, this morning, platformed a dairy farmer as if he were just another ordinary small business owner facing “uncertainty” and “psychological impacts” from U.S. tariffs—right alongside a sole-proprietor wig maker What they carefully omitted: he is a member of Canada’s government-protected dairy supply-management cartel. The system that sets production quotas, fixes prices, and restricts competition so Canadian consumers pay some of the highest milk and dairy prices in the developed world A few choice lines from the interview: “our industry is designed that the amount of dairy products that are made in the province is equal to the demand. So we’re not reliant on finding export markets…” “we can’t be a dumping ground for excess production all over the world.” “I feel that the government understands that we have an envious system that deserves to be protected.” “I don’t think you strengthen the economy by tearing down one of the stronger pillars in that economy.” Translation: the cartel works great—for the cartel. Production is deliberately capped, imports are tightly controlled, and prices stay artificially high because competition is suppressed by law. American farmers (and Canadian consumers) are the ones shut out CBC presented this as neutral “business owner” commentary on trade friction. They never mentioned quotas, price-setting boards, or the fact that this is a state-enforced monopoly, not a free-market dairy farm. Classic CBC sin of omission Food sovereignty rhetoric sounds noble until you notice who actually holds the quotas and collects the rents Brodie Fenlon
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CBC, this morning, platformed a dairy farmer as if he were just another ordinary small business owner facing “uncertainty” and “psychological impacts” from U.S. tariffs—right alongside a sole-proprietor wig maker What they carefully omitted: he is a member of Canada’s government-protected dairy supply-management cartel. The system that sets production quotas, fixes prices, and restricts competition so Canadian consumers pay some of the highest milk and dairy prices in the developed world A few choice lines from the interview: “our industry is designed that the amount of dairy products that are made in the province is equal to the demand. So we’re not reliant on finding export markets…” “we can’t be a dumping ground for excess production all over the world.” “I feel that the government understands that we have an envious system that deserves to be protected.” “I don’t think you strengthen the economy by tearing down one of the stronger pillars in that economy.” Translation: the cartel works great—for the cartel. Production is deliberately capped, imports are tightly controlled, and prices stay artificially high because competition is suppressed by law. American farmers (and Canadian consumers) are the ones shut out CBC presented this as neutral “business owner” commentary on trade friction. They never mentioned quotas, price-setting boards, or the fact that this is a state-enforced monopoly, not a free-market dairy farm. Classic CBC sin of omission Food sovereignty rhetoric sounds noble until you notice who actually holds the quotas and collects the rents Brodie Fenlon

cbcwatcher

65,895 views • 1 month ago

🇨🇦 Canada show Britain what national sovereignty actually looks like. Trump demanded too much and offered too little, including restrictions on Canada’s freedom to make other trade deals. Carney walked away, defended Canadian dairy and announced dollar-for-dollar retaliation to protect workers and farmers. Britain, meanwhile, surrendered market access for US beef and 1.4 billion litres of ethanol under tariff threats, then called it a triumph. Canada protects its food producers. Brexit Britain protects steel while sacrificing farming. You can’t eat steel and submission is not sovereignty.
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🇨🇦 Canada show Britain what national sovereignty actually looks like. Trump demanded too much and offered too little, including restrictions on Canada’s freedom to make other trade deals. Carney walked away, defended Canadian dairy and announced dollar-for-dollar retaliation to protect workers and farmers. Britain, meanwhile, surrendered market access for US beef and 1.4 billion litres of ethanol under tariff threats, then called it a triumph. Canada protects its food producers. Brexit Britain protects steel while sacrificing farming. You can’t eat steel and submission is not sovereignty.

Liz Webster

13,797 views • 28 days ago

🚨Debunking Canadian Dairy Claims: ➡️Claim 1: “American dairy farmers never hit the 250% tariff. We never charge your dairy farmers that!” Answer: Because U.S. farmers stay under the quota on purpose. They self-restrict. They could easily blow past it. They don’t, because anything over the line triggers a 250% tariff that would wipe out their margins. Canada’s dairy supply-management system, govt production quotas, administered prices, and sky-high over-quota tariffs is used by no other OECD country. A protected, politically powerful cartel that inflates prices, restricts output, blocks fair competition, reduces choice and is extremely wasteful. ➡️Claim 2: "We're reliable trading partners & don't violate trade trade agreements." 🇳🇿New Zealand, Australia, UK, Mexico, not just the U.S. would disagree. Both the USMCA & the CPTPP required Canada to grant limited extra dairy access. 🇺🇸Under the USMCA, the U.S. was promised access to about 3.5% of Canada’s dairy market. 🇦🇺Under the 2018 CPTPP in force for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Canada also promised to open about 3.3% of its dairy market to CPTPP partners. However, Canada then administered those quotas in ways that BLOCKED the access it had promised in both agreements. The U.S. won a USMCA panel over that quota system. New Zealand won a CPTPP panel over the same basic problem & Australia joined the CPTPP case as a 3rd party. 🫵When multiple trading partners say the problem is you, maybe the problem is you. New Zealand dismantled a similar supply management system in the early 1990s so it could compete on open markets. Canada is free to keep this archaic system. At the same time, other countries are equally free to walk away from trade from a country whose market is this closed, costly, incompatible with fair competition, and repeatedly fails to deliver the access it promised. ➡️Claim 3: "But U.S. dairy contains rBST/growth hormone!" False. While it's legal in the U.S., less than 2% of farmers use it according to the Food Professor on Clyde Do Something 🇺🇸🇨🇦 podcast. ➡️Claim 4: “But the U.S. & other countries subsidize their dairy industries too!” 😡 Not all subsidies are created equal. Examine which is more unfair. Supply management is by far the more distorting to a market. Constant govt price-setting & output control is far more unfair than the short-term crisis or disaster payments used by the U.S. & other countries. Those countries use short term subsidies that are not built into the market as a permanent cartel. Canada should stop being the outdated outlier and, if it insists on support, subsidize in a temporary way that most other countries use. Ideally there would be no subsidies. But if there is a choice, short term payments are far fairer than the current systemic supply-managed cartel.
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🚨Debunking Canadian Dairy Claims: ➡️Claim 1: “American dairy farmers never hit the 250% tariff. We never charge your dairy farmers that!” Answer: Because U.S. farmers stay under the quota on purpose. They self-restrict. They could easily blow past it. They don’t, because anything over the line triggers a 250% tariff that would wipe out their margins. Canada’s dairy supply-management system, govt production quotas, administered prices, and sky-high over-quota tariffs is used by no other OECD country. A protected, politically powerful cartel that inflates prices, restricts output, blocks fair competition, reduces choice and is extremely wasteful. ➡️Claim 2: "We're reliable trading partners & don't violate trade trade agreements." 🇳🇿New Zealand, Australia, UK, Mexico, not just the U.S. would disagree. Both the USMCA & the CPTPP required Canada to grant limited extra dairy access. 🇺🇸Under the USMCA, the U.S. was promised access to about 3.5% of Canada’s dairy market. 🇦🇺Under the 2018 CPTPP in force for Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Canada also promised to open about 3.3% of its dairy market to CPTPP partners. However, Canada then administered those quotas in ways that BLOCKED the access it had promised in both agreements. The U.S. won a USMCA panel over that quota system. New Zealand won a CPTPP panel over the same basic problem & Australia joined the CPTPP case as a 3rd party. 🫵When multiple trading partners say the problem is you, maybe the problem is you. New Zealand dismantled a similar supply management system in the early 1990s so it could compete on open markets. Canada is free to keep this archaic system. At the same time, other countries are equally free to walk away from trade from a country whose market is this closed, costly, incompatible with fair competition, and repeatedly fails to deliver the access it promised. ➡️Claim 3: "But U.S. dairy contains rBST/growth hormone!" False. While it's legal in the U.S., less than 2% of farmers use it according to the Food Professor on Clyde Do Something 🇺🇸🇨🇦 podcast. ➡️Claim 4: “But the U.S. & other countries subsidize their dairy industries too!” 😡 Not all subsidies are created equal. Examine which is more unfair. Supply management is by far the more distorting to a market. Constant govt price-setting & output control is far more unfair than the short-term crisis or disaster payments used by the U.S. & other countries. Those countries use short term subsidies that are not built into the market as a permanent cartel. Canada should stop being the outdated outlier and, if it insists on support, subsidize in a temporary way that most other countries use. Ideally there would be no subsidies. But if there is a choice, short term payments are far fairer than the current systemic supply-managed cartel.

Cecile Shaw

50,720 views • 7 days ago

JUST NOW: President Trump exposed Canada's long standing exploitation of American economic and security frameworks. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Trump explicitly declared that Canada demands all the lucrative benefits of being an American state without actually being one. Canada uses regulatory hurdles to block US dairy exports, creating an uneven playing field for American agriculture. President Trump’s recent statement regarding Canada highlights a long-standing point of friction in North American trade, specifically focusing on agricultural tariffs and burden sharing.
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JUST NOW: President Trump exposed Canada's long standing exploitation of American economic and security frameworks. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Trump explicitly declared that Canada demands all the lucrative benefits of being an American state without actually being one. Canada uses regulatory hurdles to block US dairy exports, creating an uneven playing field for American agriculture. President Trump’s recent statement regarding Canada highlights a long-standing point of friction in North American trade, specifically focusing on agricultural tariffs and burden sharing.

Donald J Trump Posts TruthSocial

61,897 views • 28 days ago

Everyone knows that Canada doesn’t let our Great Dairy Farmers sell into the Canadian Market, and that the only reason Canada makes Autos is because of previous disastrous Trade Agreements while other Presidents were in Office. Canada has been ripping us off for years, but what many do not realize is that the Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets. This is the case even though Canada gets broad access into the massive American Government Procurement Market, including those of our States. That is not reciprocity, it is a Canadian Trade Scam. From now on, NO RECIPROCITY – NO ACCESS! I am hereby directing the GSA, working with the USTR, to take all necessary steps to REMOVE Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies. Those schedules account for more than 50 BILLION DOLLARS a year. This should have been cut off years ago, by other Administrations, like it was by mine, only to reinstituted by Sleepy Joe Biden. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP ( TS: Sep 8 2026, 4:29 PM ET )​​​​​​​​‍‌​​​‍‌​‍​‌‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​‌​‌‍‍​‌‍​‌‌‍‍
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Everyone knows that Canada doesn’t let our Great Dairy Farmers sell into the Canadian Market, and that the only reason Canada makes Autos is because of previous disastrous Trade Agreements while other Presidents were in Office. Canada has been ripping us off for years, but what many do not realize is that the Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets. This is the case even though Canada gets broad access into the massive American Government Procurement Market, including those of our States. That is not reciprocity, it is a Canadian Trade Scam. From now on, NO RECIPROCITY – NO ACCESS! I am hereby directing the GSA, working with the USTR, to take all necessary steps to REMOVE Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies. Those schedules account for more than 50 BILLION DOLLARS a year. This should have been cut off years ago, by other Administrations, like it was by mine, only to reinstituted by Sleepy Joe Biden. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP ( TS: Sep 8 2026, 4:29 PM ET )​​​​​​​​‍‌​​​‍‌​‍​‌‌‍‌‍​‍‌‍‌‍​‌​‌‍‍​‌‍​‌‌‍‍

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201,775 views • 11 days ago

Former acting U.S. Trade Representative and General Counsel (USTR) Stephen Vaughn "Well, I think it's very important to understand, to begin with, no one has given Canada a better trade deal than the US this year so far." "In the first six months of this year, the United States imported $200 billion worth American dollars worth of goods from Canada. We're your best market." "Well, I think it is important to understand that the Trump, the people who voted for Donald Trump, wanted a different deal than the one that they had. And that's what the President is trying to get." "But at the end of the day, this has been a great deal for Canada, and whatever comes out of this, I continue to think the U.S. will give Canada a better deal than she can get from any other country." "If you want to have a closed dairy market, if you want to have closed markets and keep the Americans out of those markets, then you're not going to get as much access to the US market. That's just basic trade negotiation 101." Vaughn is a partner at King & Spadina Law King & Spalding
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Former acting U.S. Trade Representative and General Counsel (USTR) Stephen Vaughn "Well, I think it's very important to understand, to begin with, no one has given Canada a better trade deal than the US this year so far." "In the first six months of this year, the United States imported $200 billion worth American dollars worth of goods from Canada. We're your best market." "Well, I think it is important to understand that the Trump, the people who voted for Donald Trump, wanted a different deal than the one that they had. And that's what the President is trying to get." "But at the end of the day, this has been a great deal for Canada, and whatever comes out of this, I continue to think the U.S. will give Canada a better deal than she can get from any other country." "If you want to have a closed dairy market, if you want to have closed markets and keep the Americans out of those markets, then you're not going to get as much access to the US market. That's just basic trade negotiation 101." Vaughn is a partner at King & Spadina Law King & Spalding

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23,018 views • 1 month ago

Canada paid $24 million to help a Chinese company make baby formula and ship 85% of it to China. The Canada Royal Milk story has layers. Layer 1: a Chinese dairy giant built Canada's largest infant formula plant in Kingston Ontario. Layer 2: Canadian taxpayers contributed at least $24 million to the project. Layer 3: early planning documents show 85% of production was intended for export to China from day one. Layer 4: it used supply-managed Canadian milk priced and controlled to protect Canadian food sovereignty. Layer 5: supply management advocates defend this system against American trade pressure every CUSMA cycle. Layer 6: supply management is a major trade irritant cited in the CUSMA negotiations. Bottom line: the system designed to keep Americans out subsidized Chinese exports. If you were the Americans at the negotiating table, wouldn’t this make you furious? And as a Canadian, doesn’t it anger you that we ship baby formula made with Canadian milk out of the country while parents here face sky-high prices and shortages?
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Canada paid $24 million to help a Chinese company make baby formula and ship 85% of it to China. The Canada Royal Milk story has layers. Layer 1: a Chinese dairy giant built Canada's largest infant formula plant in Kingston Ontario. Layer 2: Canadian taxpayers contributed at least $24 million to the project. Layer 3: early planning documents show 85% of production was intended for export to China from day one. Layer 4: it used supply-managed Canadian milk priced and controlled to protect Canadian food sovereignty. Layer 5: supply management advocates defend this system against American trade pressure every CUSMA cycle. Layer 6: supply management is a major trade irritant cited in the CUSMA negotiations. Bottom line: the system designed to keep Americans out subsidized Chinese exports. If you were the Americans at the negotiating table, wouldn’t this make you furious? And as a Canadian, doesn’t it anger you that we ship baby formula made with Canadian milk out of the country while parents here face sky-high prices and shortages?

The Really Big Show

41,920 views • 3 months ago

Tariffs 101: Tariffs are not paid by countries. Canada does not pay them to the US. Likewise, the US does not pay them to Canada. The importer from that country imposing the tariffs, pays it. For example, if Trump imposes 50% tariffs on trucks made by GM, but GM made them in Canada. GM is paying $50K in tariffs. Not Canada. And that $50K extra in tariffs, is ultimately paid by the consumer. Ultimately, it's a tax paid by businesses, passed down to the consumer of the country that imposed the tariffs. Likewise, Canada imposing tariffs on the US, only hurts Canadian customers. Countertariffs are done strategically, to prevent the flight of manufacturing, from Canada, to the US. In the end, during trade wars like this, consumers always end up paying the price.
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Tariffs 101: Tariffs are not paid by countries. Canada does not pay them to the US. Likewise, the US does not pay them to Canada. The importer from that country imposing the tariffs, pays it. For example, if Trump imposes 50% tariffs on trucks made by GM, but GM made them in Canada. GM is paying $50K in tariffs. Not Canada. And that $50K extra in tariffs, is ultimately paid by the consumer. Ultimately, it's a tax paid by businesses, passed down to the consumer of the country that imposed the tariffs. Likewise, Canada imposing tariffs on the US, only hurts Canadian customers. Countertariffs are done strategically, to prevent the flight of manufacturing, from Canada, to the US. In the end, during trade wars like this, consumers always end up paying the price.

Mario Zelaya

21,075 views • 24 days ago

American farmers face a crushing 250% tariff on butter shipped to Canada while Canadian butter floods into the U.S. free of charge. Vice President JD Vance called out this blatant imbalance on camera, demanding fairness for Maine dairy producers. Prime Minister Mark Carney walked into the final round of talks and deliberately reversed the momentum, collapsing the deal. This is not free trade; it is one-sided protectionism that punishes American workers while protecting Canadian cartels. The United States will no longer tolerate being treated as Canada’s dumping ground. Reciprocity starts now.
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American farmers face a crushing 250% tariff on butter shipped to Canada while Canadian butter floods into the U.S. free of charge. Vice President JD Vance called out this blatant imbalance on camera, demanding fairness for Maine dairy producers. Prime Minister Mark Carney walked into the final round of talks and deliberately reversed the momentum, collapsing the deal. This is not free trade; it is one-sided protectionism that punishes American workers while protecting Canadian cartels. The United States will no longer tolerate being treated as Canada’s dumping ground. Reciprocity starts now.

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125,716 views • 26 days ago

NEW: Chrystia Freeland threatens Trump with the “biggest trade blow that the United States has ever endured.” This includes 100% tariffs on all Teslas, a direct attack on Elon Musk, and a full ban on Wisconsin dairy products to stick it to Trump. “I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us. And our retaliation will target specific Trump constituencies. Another group that we’re going to go after is Wisconsin dairy farmers. We know how important they are for the President, and we’re not going to let them sell their products in Canada anymore,” Freeland said. This is the same woman who froze Canadian truckers’ bank accounts for protesting vaccine mandates.
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NEW: Chrystia Freeland threatens Trump with the “biggest trade blow that the United States has ever endured.” This includes 100% tariffs on all Teslas, a direct attack on Elon Musk, and a full ban on Wisconsin dairy products to stick it to Trump. “I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us. And our retaliation will target specific Trump constituencies. Another group that we’re going to go after is Wisconsin dairy farmers. We know how important they are for the President, and we’re not going to let them sell their products in Canada anymore,” Freeland said. This is the same woman who froze Canadian truckers’ bank accounts for protesting vaccine mandates.

The Vigilant Fox 🦊

4,279,448 views • 1 year ago