MISC: The Case for Supply Management and Fairer Food Systems

Thursday, November 17, 2022, 4 p.m.

This event is free, but registration is required. Register here.

Recent crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, and Russia’s war in Ukraine, have brought agricultural and food supplies to the forefront of policy conversations. Many people believe that ensuring a fairer, more sustainable, and secure foodscape will require a bolstering of domestic food systems, and they are critical of the hegemonic neoliberal policies that have encouraged trade liberalization in agriculture.

This talk will explore how Canada’s system of supply management in the dairy, egg, and poultry sectors has served as a bulwark against neoliberal policies and how, by generally supporting the system, Canadian governments and citizens have accepted the idea that the state has an important role to play in sustaining rural populations, supporting family farms, and provisioning Canadians with local, affordable, and stable food supplies.

Jodey Nurse is the faculty lecturer in McGill’s Canadian Studies program.

The lecture will be followed by a Q&A and reception.