Globe and Mail: Ottawa weighs greater retail access for U.S. dairy industry
Ottawa is weighing changes to its dairy import rules that could allow more U.S. products on Canadian store shelves, in what sources described as an attempt to ease “one of Washington’s most significant bilateral trade irritants” ahead of the 2026 review of CUSMA. Canada-U.S. Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office said “Canada’s supply management system will never be on the table.” Trade expert Meredith Lilly said reallocating import licences “would just be reallocating it from one group to another,” noting that such a change “would not be a violation” of Canada’s recent supply management protections.
