The Economics Of Canadian Dairy Industry Regulation

Report on an economic evaluation of state intervention in the agricultural sector in Canada - examines the agricultural policy, particularly food policy and system, role of marketing boards, agricultural incomes, income redistribution, price stabilization, includes commodity case studies and discusses regulation of food security, production cost pricing, etc. Bibliography pp. 137 to 139, diagrams and graphs.

This paper provides an overview of the impact of government intervention policies for the commodities - wheat, dairy products and sugar - in Canada, and provides an international comparison of the regulatory impact between Canada, Australia, Japan, the U.S.A., and the European Economic Community. The producer and consumer income transfers are determined and the static welfare costs associated with regulatory programs are calculated.