text: As many have pointed out, why does the government protect the diary and egg producers and not the pork or beef producers. Everytime we go into trade negotiations this comes up, and dairy is protected and the other agricultural sectors pay the price. Consumers pay the price for the protection of an industry that is predominant in Quebec, and as a result the poor are most affected, as the high dairy prices are in effect a regressive tax. How long do we have to put with a system that is so outdated ?