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The Evan Bray Show - Stuart Smyth + Open Phones - August 14th, 2025

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Experts are saying it's time to get rid of the supply management system. Critics like Stuart Smyth, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, say the system drives grocery store prices up, limits competition and makes trade harder. He joins Evan to share some of his latest research about the system and what alternatives Canada could look into + Evan re-opens the phones and asks you..."Should supply management be a thing of the past for Saskatchewan, like Alberta is suggesting?"
14 Aug 2025 12PM English South Africa News Commentary

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