Trump is right: Canada's protectionist food policies rip the world off

Evan Vucci/AP Images Trump is right about one thing: Canada charges the US exorbitant tariffs on dairy. Canada's supply-management system rigs the market with centralized price-setting, allocated production quotas, and exorbitant tariffs. This drives massive profits to a small group of largely corporate farm operations, while the dairy industry has a well-funded lobby and propaganda operation. Canada's prime minister, Justin Trudeau, won't back away from his claim that "we will always defend our...