Sentences with phrase «canadian egg farmers»

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On Maxime Bernier's proposal to get rid of supply management for Canadian dairy, poultry and egg farmers, Lisa Raitt says making that vow before it comes up during international trade talks amounts to «offering [farmers] up on a silver platter.»

We've seen how supply management for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking for more international trade access, but which Canada is denied because of supply management; d) the majority of Canadian farmers (over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.

And the idea of consumers supporting hard - pressed farmers may have been a laudable goal decades ago, but it no longer applies: In 2010, the average dairy farm's net worth was well more than $ 2.5 million; the average poultry / egg farm's net worth was almost $ 4 million — far more than all other Canadian farmers, and far, far more than the average Canadian family.

The egg carton was invented in 1911 by a Canadian to solve a dispute over broken eggs between a farmer and a hotel he supplied eggs to.