Corrupted Gov of Canada creates FOODFLATION: farmer ordered to destroy 30000L of milk
Corrupted Gov of Canada creates FOODFLATION: farmer ordered to destroy 30000L of milk
At a time of generationally high grocery prices, Ontario farmer Jerry Huigen is required to destroy 30,000 litres of excess production
As Canadian consumers are hit by generationally high rates of food inflation, an Ontario dairy farmer posted a viral video Monday documenting how he was being forced by federal authorities to dump a swimming pool’s worth of excess milk.
“I dumped 30,000 litres of milk, and it breaks my heart,” says dairy farmer Jerry Huigen in a five-minute TikTok video that has already been viewed more than a million times across various social media platforms.
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“They make us dump it, and this time I’m going public,” he adds while standing next to a drainpipe pouring milk onto the floor.
Milk-dumping has actually been a regular feature of the Canadian dairy sector for at least the last 50 years, and it is done very deliberately to maintain high prices for Canadian milk.
Ever since the 1970s, Canadian dairy farmers have been subject to a state-sanctioned cartel that artificially limits supply in order to drive up prices and ensure profitability for farmers.
Each month, the Canadian Dairy Commission dictates the precise amount of milk to be produced in Canada, which is then observed via a strict system of production quotas across the country’s 10,000 dairy farms.
“There are disciplines in place to ensure that producers do not produce excess of their quotas,” reads an official fact sheet published by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture.
At the same time, strict border controls shield Canadian milk producers from foreign competition.
Imports of foreign dairy products can be slapped with prohibitive tariffs of up to 400 per cent, and travellers face penalties and confiscation from the Canadian Border Services Agency if they return to Canada with too much cheese in their luggage.
In fact, it’s Canada insistence on these border controls that have proved to be the single largest obstacle to Canadian efforts to secure free trade deals with Europe and the United States.
It’s why Canadian milk is immune from the usual price fluctuations affecting grocery store produce. If Canadian cattle farmers experience a particularly good season for beef production, the surplus is reflected in reduced beef prices at the retail end.
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