date:Jul 12, 2012
rovincial hog subsidy programmes, which are distorting the North American and world pork markets.
If the US had a subsidy programme similar to Quebecs, for example, we would double pork production in 10 years, to the severe detriment of our Canadian counterparts. Subsidy programmes are antithetical to free trade and to the spirit of the TPP negotiations that Canada is entering.
In the past, Canada has deflected criticism of its subsidy programmes by pointing to the US Mandatory Country of Orig