There aren’t many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days.
But when it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products — the mechanism that sets prices for producers — all of Canada’s federal parties seem to see eye-to-eye.
Political support for the controversial agricultural framework has endured, despite the country’s ongoing affordability crisis and critics who persistently warn that it’s Canadian consumers who pay the price.
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