The maple syrup monopoly in Quebec.

The concept of food miles.

The supply management model in agriculture.

Supply management in dairy farming.

The concept of food sovereignty.

In order to promote a change of agricultural policy, we briefly review the cases of countries that have abolished or are in the process of abolishing quota systems: the buyback and abandonment of milk quotas in Australia, of tobacco and peanut quotas in the United States, the elimination of milk quotas in Switzerland and the beginnings of a process of abandonment of milk quotas in Europe. Canada could follow these examples by abandoning mandatory membership in marketing boards and by imposing a temporary tax to buy back farming quotas.

Foreign aid vs. Free trade.

Soaring food prices and the environment.

The “supply management” model in agriculture.

One of the pillars of the present agricultural policy is the farm income stabilization insurance program.