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Guest column: Canada's 'politically untouchable' dairy industry needs review

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67% Informative

The Dairy Farmers of Canada has launched a well-coordinated charm offensive to extol the virtues of supply management.

Sylvain Charlebois: The current model disincentivizes efficiency, perpetuates opacity, and erodes public trust.

Canada ’s processors, artisanal cheesemakers, and restaurateurs are forced to contend with some of the highest industrial milk prices in the world.

VR Score

71

Informative language

70

Neutral language

35

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

67

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

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short-lived

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