OP-ED: Sky-high egg prices prompt questions about supply management

“Supply management was designed to deliver price stability—not regional chaos and $5 eggs. If this is what control looks like, consumers have every right to question who's really being protected.”

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Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Many food items are significantly more expensive at the grocery store today than they were a year ago in Canada. Leading the pack is rice, with a year-over-year increase of 48.9%, according to Statistics Canada. The spike is largely driven by export restrictions in key producing countries such as India and …